#4BAAD0#4BAAD0

#4BAAD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.105 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAAD0
RGB	rgb(75, 170, 208)
HSL	hsl(197, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -16.41, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 32.12, 239.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0706 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.105 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6570, 34.7964, 64.8684)
Luminance	0.3480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAAD0 #D0714B

analogous

#4BD0B3 #4BAAD0 #4B67D0

triadic

#4BAAD0 #D04BAA #AAD04B

tetradic

#4BAAD0 #B34BD0 #D0714B #67D04B

square

#4BAAD0 #B34BD0 #D0714B #67D04B

split-complementary

#4BAAD0 #D04B67 #D0B34B

monochromatic

#21647F #2E8BB0 #4BAAD0 #7CC1DD #ACD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4BAAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#4BAAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAAD0

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAAD0	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8399D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 170, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.105 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3de',
    500: '#4baad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baad0;
$custom-light: #8bc3de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69654,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAAD0

secondary

#D7B0A0

accent

#7346E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAAD0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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