#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
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -12.05, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 37.05, 251.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0667 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.119 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2395, 36.4338, 76.6056)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4BACE1	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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