#4BABC9#4BABC9

#4BABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.099 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BABC9
RGB	rgb(75, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -19.11, -23.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 30.44, 231.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0743 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.099 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0029, 34.8358, 60.4952)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BABC9 #C9694B

analogous

#4BC9A8 #4BABC9 #4B6CC9

triadic

#4BABC9 #C94BAB #ABC94B

tetradic

#4BABC9 #A84BC9 #C9694B #6CC94B

square

#4BABC9 #A84BC9 #C9694B #6CC94B

split-complementary

#4BABC9 #C94B6C #C9A84B

monochromatic

#236276 #328AA5 #4BABC9 #7AC1D7 #A9D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#4BABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#4BABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BABC9

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BABC9	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4babc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.099 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4d9',
    500: '#4babc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4babc9;
$custom-light: #8ac4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4babc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69591,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BABC9

secondary

#D3AA9D

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BABC9

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

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