#4BACD4#4BACD4

#4BACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACD4
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -16.21, -28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 32.95, 240.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0712 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.107 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5331, 35.7513, 67.6188)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACD4 #D4734B

analogous

#4BD4B8 #4BACD4 #4B68D4

triadic

#4BACD4 #D44BAC #ACD44B

tetradic

#4BACD4 #B84BD4 #D4734B #68D44B

square

#4BACD4 #B84BD4 #D4734B #68D44B

split-complementary

#4BACD4 #D44B68 #D4B84B

monochromatic

#206785 #2C8EB6 #4BACD4 #7CC3E0 #AEDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4BACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#4BACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACD4

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACD4	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e1',
    500: '#4bacd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacd4;
$custom-light: #8bc4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.518,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACD4

secondary

#DAB2A1

accent

#7243E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACD4

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

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