#4BABCD#4BABCD

#4BABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.102 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BABCD
RGB	rgb(75, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -17.87, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 31.29, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0728 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.102 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4796, 35.0265, 63.0057)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BABCD #CD6D4B

analogous

#4BCDAE #4BABCD #4B6ACD

triadic

#4BABCD #CD4BAB #ABCD4B

tetradic

#4BABCD #AE4BCD #CD6D4B #6ACD4B

square

#4BABCD #AE4BCD #CD6D4B #6ACD4B

split-complementary

#4BABCD #CD4B6A #CDAE4B

monochromatic

#22647B #308BAB #4BABCD #7BC1DA #ABD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4BABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#4BABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BABCD

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BABCD	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4babcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.102 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4dc',
    500: '#4babcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4babcd;
$custom-light: #8ac4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4babcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69759,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BABCD

secondary

#D5AD9F

accent

#7048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BABCD

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

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