#4BADCD#4BADCD

#4BADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.102 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADCD
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -18.92, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 31.18, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0748 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.102 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8602, 35.7878, 63.1325)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADCD #CD6B4B

analogous

#4BCDAC #4BADCD #4B6CCD

triadic

#4BADCD #CD4BAD #ADCD4B

tetradic

#4BADCD #AC4BCD #CD6B4B #6CCD4B

square

#4BADCD #AC4BCD #CD6B4B #6CCD4B

split-complementary

#4BADCD #CD4B6C #CDAC4B

monochromatic

#22657B #308DAB #4BADCD #7BC3DA #ABD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4BADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#4BADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADCD

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADCD	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.102 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5dc',
    500: '#4badcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badcd;
$custom-light: #8ac5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7023,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADCD

secondary

#D5AC9F

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADCD

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

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