#4BADD5#4BADD5

#4BADD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.108 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADD5
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -16.43, -28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 33.09, 240.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0719 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.108 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8507, 36.1839, 68.3489)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADD5 #D5734B

analogous

#4BD5B8 #4BADD5 #4B68D5

triadic

#4BADD5 #D54BAD #ADD54B

tetradic

#4BADD5 #B84BD5 #D5734B #68D54B

square

#4BADD5 #B84BD5 #D5734B #68D54B

split-complementary

#4BADD5 #D54B68 #D5B84B

monochromatic

#1F6886 #2B8FB8 #4BADD5 #7DC4E1 #AEDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4BADD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#4BADD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADD5

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADD5	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.108 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e2',
    500: '#4badd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badd5;
$custom-light: #8bc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.391,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADD5

secondary

#DAB2A2

accent

#7243E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADD5

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

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