#4BAED2#4BAED2

#4BAED2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.105 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAED2
RGB	rgb(75, 174, 210)
HSL	hsl(196, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -17.90, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 32.23, 236.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.074 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.105 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6659, 36.4180, 66.4262)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAED2 #D26F4B

analogous

#4BD2B2 #4BAED2 #4B6AD2

triadic

#4BAED2 #D24BAE #AED24B

tetradic

#4BAED2 #B24BD2 #D26F4B #6AD24B

square

#4BAED2 #B24BD2 #D26F4B #6AD24B

split-complementary

#4BAED2 #D24B6A #D2B24B

monochromatic

#216882 #2D8FB3 #4BAED2 #7CC4DE #ADDAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4BAED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#4BAED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAED2

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAED2	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 174, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.105 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e0',
    500: '#4baed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baed2;
$custom-light: #8bc6e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAED2

secondary

#D8AFA0

accent

#6F45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAED2

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

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