#4BADD6#4BADD6

#4BADD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.109 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADD6
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 19.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -16.11, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 33.37, 241.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0715 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.109 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9780, 36.2349, 69.0194)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADD6 #D6744B

analogous

#4BD6BA #4BADD6 #4B68D6

triadic

#4BADD6 #D64BAD #ADD64B

tetradic

#4BADD6 #BA4BD6 #D6744B #68D64B

square

#4BADD6 #BA4BD6 #D6744B #68D64B

split-complementary

#4BADD6 #D64B68 #D6BA4B

monochromatic

#1F6988 #2A8FBA #4BADD6 #7DC4E1 #AFDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4BADD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#4BADD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADD6

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADD6	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4badd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.109 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5e2',
    500: '#4badd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4badd6;
$custom-light: #8cc5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4badd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.698,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADD6

secondary

#DBB3A2

accent

#7242E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADD6

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

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