#4BACD7#4BACD7

#4BACD7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.110 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACD7
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 215)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 20%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -15.26, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 33.80, 243.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.0701 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.11 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.9151, 35.9040, 69.6304)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACD7 #D7764B

analogous

#4BD7BC #4BACD7 #4B66D7

triadic

#4BACD7 #D74BAC #ACD74B

tetradic

#4BACD7 #BC4BD7 #D7764B #66D74B

square

#4BACD7 #BC4BD7 #D7764B #66D74B

split-complementary

#4BACD7 #D74B66 #D7BC4B

monochromatic

#1E6889 #2A8EBB #4BACD7 #7DC3E2 #AFDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4BACD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#4BACD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACD7

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACD7	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AAD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.110 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e3',
    500: '#4bacd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacd7;
$custom-light: #8cc4e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70427,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACD7

secondary

#DBB4A2

accent

#7441E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACD7

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

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