#4BACE1#4BACE1

#4BACE1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4BACE1
RGBrgb(75, 172, 225)
HSLhsl(201, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(66.85, -12.05, -35.04)
CIE-LCHlch(66.85, 37.05, 251.01°)
OKLaboklab(70.88% -0.0667 -0.0984)
OKLCHoklch(70.88% 0.119 235.9)
XYZxyz(31.2395, 36.4338, 76.6056)
Luminance0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4BACE1 #E1804B
analogous
#4BE1CB #4BACE1 #4B61E1
triadic
#4BACE1 #E14BAC #ACE14B
tetradic
#4BACE1 #CB4BE1 #E1804B #61E14B
square
#4BACE1 #CB4BE1 #E1804B #61E14B
split-complementary
#4BACE1 #E14B61 #E1CB4B
monochromatic
#196B98 #2290CD #4BACE1 #7FC4EA #B4DCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#4BACE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29
#4BACE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACE1
8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4BACE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4BACE11.002.538.298.29
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2921.001.001.00
##0000008.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#93ABE3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E9CE0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BABE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4bace1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 235.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc4ea',
    500: '#4bace1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4bace1;
$custom-light: #8dc4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4bace1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4BACE1
secondary
#E1BBA6
accent
#793AEE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACE1

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#4BACE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva