#4BABCE#4BABCE

#4BABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BABCE
RGB	rgb(75, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -17.56, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 31.52, 236.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0724 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.103 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6007, 35.0749, 63.6434)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BABCE #CE6E4B

analogous

#4BCEB0 #4BABCE #4B69CE

triadic

#4BABCE #CE4BAB #ABCE4B

tetradic

#4BABCE #B04BCE #CE6E4B #69CE4B

square

#4BABCE #B04BCE #CE6E4B #69CE4B

split-complementary

#4BABCE #CE4B69 #CEB04B

monochromatic

#22647D #2F8BAD #4BABCE #7BC1DB #ABD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4BABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#4BABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BABCE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BABCE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4babce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4dd',
    500: '#4babce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4babce;
$custom-light: #8ac4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4babce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BABCE

secondary

#D6AE9F

accent

#7047E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BABCE

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

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