#4BABD0#4BABD0

#4BABD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BABD0
RGBrgb(75, 171, 208)
HSLhsl(197, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(197, 64%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(63.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(65.88, -16.94, -27.17)
CIE-LCHlch(65.88, 32.01, 238.06°)
OKLaboklab(69.89% -0.0716 -0.0759)
OKLCHoklch(69.89% 0.104 226.6)
XYZxyz(28.8452, 35.1727, 64.9311)
Luminance0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BABD0 #D0704B
analogous
#4BD0B3 #4BABD0 #4B68D0
triadic
#4BABD0 #D04BAB #ABD04B
tetradic
#4BABD0 #B34BD0 #D0704B #68D04B
square
#4BABD0 #B34BD0 #D0704B #68D04B
split-complementary
#4BABD0 #D04B68 #D0B34B
monochromatic
#21657F #2E8CB0 #4BABD0 #7CC2DD #ACD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61
#4BABD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04
#4BABD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BABD0
8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BABD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BABD01.002.618.048.04
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0421.001.001.00
##0000008.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97A8D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#849AD0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B6B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4babd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 171, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 226.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4de',
    500: '#4babd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4babd0;
$custom-light: #8bc4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4babd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69888,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BABD0
secondary
#D7AFA0
accent
#7146E2
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BABD0

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#4BABD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva