#4BADD1#4BADD1

#4BADD1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADD1
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -17.68, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 32.07, 236.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0733 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.105 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3493, 35.9834, 65.7080)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADD1 #D16F4B

analogous

#4BD1B2 #4BADD1 #4B6AD1

triadic

#4BADD1 #D14BAD #ADD14B

tetradic

#4BADD1 #B24BD1 #D16F4B #6AD14B

square

#4BADD1 #B24BD1 #D16F4B #6AD14B

split-complementary

#4BADD1 #D14B6A #D1B24B

monochromatic

#216781 #2D8EB1 #4BADD1 #7CC3DD #ACD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4BADD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#4BADD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADD1

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADD1	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99AAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5df',
    500: '#4badd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badd1;
$custom-light: #8bc5df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70399,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADD1

secondary

#D8AFA0

accent

#7045E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADD1

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

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