#4BADE2#4BADE2

#4BADE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BADE2
RGB	rgb(75, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -12.27, -35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 37.16, 250.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0673 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.119 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5673, 36.8706, 77.3898)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BADE2 #E2804B

analogous

#4BE2CC #4BADE2 #4B62E2

triadic

#4BADE2 #E24BAD #ADE24B

tetradic

#4BADE2 #CC4BE2 #E2804B #62E24B

square

#4BADE2 #CC4BE2 #E2804B #62E24B

split-complementary

#4BADE2 #E24B62 #E2CC4B

monochromatic

#196D9A #2192CF #4BADE2 #80C5EA #B4DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4BADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#4BADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BADE2

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BADE2	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94ACE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc5eb',
    500: '#4bade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bade2;
$custom-light: #8dc5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.06,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71158,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BADE2

secondary

#E2BCA7

accent

#7939EF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BADE2

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

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