#4BADD0#4BADD0

#4BADD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADD0
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -17.99, -26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 31.84, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0737 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.104 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2258, 35.9340, 65.0580)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADD0 #D06E4B

analogous

#4BD0B0 #4BADD0 #4B6BD0

triadic

#4BADD0 #D04BAD #ADD04B

tetradic

#4BADD0 #B04BD0 #D06E4B #6BD04B

square

#4BADD0 #B04BD0 #D06E4B #6BD04B

split-complementary

#4BADD0 #D04B6B #D0B04B

monochromatic

#21677F #2E8EB0 #4BADD0 #7CC3DD #ACD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4BADD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#4BADD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADD0

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADD0	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5de',
    500: '#4badd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badd0;
$custom-light: #8bc5de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70357,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADD0

secondary

#D7AEA0

accent

#6F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADD0

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

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