#4BACCE#4BACCE

#4BACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACCE
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -18.09, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 31.45, 234.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0734 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.103 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7903, 35.4541, 63.7066)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACCE #CE6D4B

analogous

#4BCEAF #4BACCE #4B6ACE

triadic

#4BACCE #CE4BAC #ACCE4B

tetradic

#4BACCE #AF4BCE #CE6D4B #6ACE4B

square

#4BACCE #AF4BCE #CE6D4B #6ACE4B

split-complementary

#4BACCE #CE4B6A #CEAF4B

monochromatic

#22657D #2F8CAD #4BACCE #7BC2DB #ABD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4BACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#4BACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACCE

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACCE	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4dd',
    500: '#4bacce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacce;
$custom-light: #8bc4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70037,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACCE

secondary

#D6AD9F

accent

#6F47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACCE

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

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