#4BAED1#4BAED1

#4BAED1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAED1
RGB	rgb(75, 174, 209)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -18.21, -26.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 31.99, 235.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0744 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.105 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5417, 36.3683, 65.7721)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAED1 #D16E4B

analogous

#4BD1B1 #4BAED1 #4B6BD1

triadic

#4BAED1 #D14BAE #AED14B

tetradic

#4BAED1 #B14BD1 #D16E4B #6BD14B

square

#4BAED1 #B14BD1 #D16E4B #6BD14B

split-complementary

#4BAED1 #D14B6B #D1B14B

monochromatic

#216881 #2D8FB1 #4BAED1 #7CC4DD #ACDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4BAED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#4BAED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAED1

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAED1	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baed1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 174, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6df',
    500: '#4baed1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baed1;
$custom-light: #8bc6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baed1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.672,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70634,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAED1

secondary

#D8AFA0

accent

#6E45E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAED1

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

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