#4BADCE#4BADCE

#4BADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.103 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADCE
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -18.61, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 31.39, 233.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0745 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.103 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9813, 35.8362, 63.7703)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADCE #CE6C4B

analogous

#4BCEAE #4BADCE #4B6BCE

triadic

#4BADCE #CE4BAD #ADCE4B

tetradic

#4BADCE #AE4BCE #CE6C4B #6BCE4B

square

#4BADCE #AE4BCE #CE6C4B #6BCE4B

split-complementary

#4BADCE #CE4B6B #CEAE4B

monochromatic

#22667D #2F8DAD #4BADCE #7BC3DB #ABD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4BADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#4BADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADCE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADCE	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.103 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5dd',
    500: '#4badce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badce;
$custom-light: #8bc5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADCE

secondary

#D6AD9F

accent

#6E47E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADCE

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

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