#4BACD9#4BACD9

#4BACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACD9
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -14.63, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 34.40, 244.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0694 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.111 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1736, 36.0075, 70.9921)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACD9 #D9784B

analogous

#4BD9BF #4BACD9 #4B65D9

triadic

#4BACD9 #D94BAC #ACD94B

tetradic

#4BACD9 #BF4BD9 #D9784B #65D94B

square

#4BACD9 #BF4BD9 #D9784B #65D94B

split-complementary

#4BACD9 #D94B65 #D9BF4B

monochromatic

#1E698C #288FBF #4BACD9 #7EC3E4 #B0DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4BACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#4BACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACD9

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACD9	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bacd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc4e5',
    500: '#4bacd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bacd9;
$custom-light: #8cc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bacd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.014,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70517,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACD9

secondary

#DDB5A3

accent

#7540E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACD9

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

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