#4BADC8#4BADC8

#4BADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.099 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADC8
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -20.46, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 30.26, 227.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0768 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.099 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2663, 35.5502, 60.0046)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADC8 #C8664B

analogous

#4BC8A5 #4BADC8 #4B6FC8

triadic

#4BADC8 #C84BAD #ADC84B

tetradic

#4BADC8 #A54BC8 #C8664B #6FC84B

square

#4BADC8 #A54BC8 #C8664B #6FC84B

split-complementary

#4BADC8 #C84B6F #C8A54B

monochromatic

#246375 #328BA4 #4BADC8 #7AC2D6 #A9D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4BADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#4BADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADC8

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADC8	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.099 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5d8',
    500: '#4badc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badc8;
$custom-light: #8ac5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.96,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADC8

secondary

#D2A89D

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADC8

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

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