#4BACD0#4BACD0

#4BACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.104 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACD0
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -17.47, -26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 31.92, 236.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0727 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.104 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0348, 35.5519, 64.9943)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACD0 #D06F4B

analogous

#4BD0B2 #4BACD0 #4B69D0

triadic

#4BACD0 #D04BAC #ACD04B

tetradic

#4BACD0 #B24BD0 #D06F4B #69D04B

square

#4BACD0 #B24BD0 #D06F4B #69D04B

split-complementary

#4BACD0 #D04B69 #D0B24B

monochromatic

#21667F #2E8DB0 #4BACD0 #7CC2DD #ACD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4BACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4BACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACD0

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACD0	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.104 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4de',
    500: '#4bacd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacd0;
$custom-light: #8bc4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.10414,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACD0

secondary

#D7AFA0

accent

#7046E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACD0

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

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