#4BACD6#4BACD6

#4BACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.109 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACD6
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -15.58, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 33.51, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0705 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.109 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7870, 35.8528, 68.9558)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACD6 #D6754B

analogous

#4BD6BA #4BACD6 #4B67D6

triadic

#4BACD6 #D64BAC #ACD64B

tetradic

#4BACD6 #BA4BD6 #D6754B #67D64B

square

#4BACD6 #BA4BD6 #D6754B #67D64B

split-complementary

#4BACD6 #D64B67 #D6BA4B

monochromatic

#1F6888 #2A8EBA #4BACD6 #7DC3E1 #AFDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4BACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#4BACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACD6

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACD6	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.109 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e2',
    500: '#4bacd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacd6;
$custom-light: #8bc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.129,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70383,
    "c": 0.10891,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACD6

secondary

#DBB3A2

accent

#7342E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACD6

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

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