#4BACD5#4BACD5

#4BACD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACD5
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 213)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -15.90, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 33.23, 241.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0708 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.108 229)
XYZ	xyz(29.6597, 35.8019, 68.2852)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACD5 #D5744B

analogous

#4BD5B9 #4BACD5 #4B67D5

triadic

#4BACD5 #D54BAC #ACD54B

tetradic

#4BACD5 #B94BD5 #D5744B #67D54B

square

#4BACD5 #B94BD5 #D5744B #67D54B

split-complementary

#4BACD5 #D54B67 #D5B94B

monochromatic

#1F6886 #2B8EB8 #4BACD5 #7DC3E1 #AEDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4BACD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#4BACD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACD5

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACD5	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e2',
    500: '#4bacd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacd5;
$custom-light: #8bc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.826,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.35805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACD5

secondary

#DAB2A2

accent

#7343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACD5

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

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