#4BACE0#4BACE0

#4BACE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACE0
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -12.38, -34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 36.70, 250.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.067 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.118 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1035, 36.3794, 75.8893)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACE0 #E07F4B

analogous

#4BE0CA #4BACE0 #4B61E0

triadic

#4BACE0 #E04BAC #ACE04B

tetradic

#4BACE0 #CA4BE0 #E07F4B #61E04B

square

#4BACE0 #CA4BE0 #E07F4B #61E04B

split-complementary

#4BACE0 #E04B61 #E0CA4B

monochromatic

#1A6B97 #2390CB #4BACE0 #7FC4E9 #B3DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4BACE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#4BACE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACE0

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACE0	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93ABE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bace0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4ea',
    500: '#4bace0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bace0;
$custom-light: #8dc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bace0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.94,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70835,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACE0

secondary

#E1BBA6

accent

#793AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACE0

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

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