#4BADE0#4BADE0

#4BADE0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADE0
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 224)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -12.92, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 36.47, 249.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.068 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.117 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2945, 36.7615, 75.9530)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADE0 #E07E4B

analogous

#4BE0C8 #4BADE0 #4B62E0

triadic

#4BADE0 #E04BAD #ADE04B

tetradic

#4BADE0 #C84BE0 #E07E4B #62E04B

square

#4BADE0 #C84BE0 #E07E4B #62E04B

split-complementary

#4BADE0 #E04B62 #E0C84B

monochromatic

#1A6C97 #2391CB #4BADE0 #7FC5E9 #B3DDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4BADE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#4BADE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADE0

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADE0	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bade0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5ea',
    500: '#4bade0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bade0;
$custom-light: #8dc5ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bade0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.537,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71065,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADE0

secondary

#E1BAA6

accent

#783AED

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADE0

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

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