#4BAED4#4BAED4

#4BAED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAED4
RGB	rgb(75, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -17.27, -27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 32.72, 238.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0733 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.107 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9166, 36.5183, 67.7467)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAED4 #D4714B

analogous

#4BD4B6 #4BAED4 #4B6AD4

triadic

#4BAED4 #D44BAE #AED44B

tetradic

#4BAED4 #B64BD4 #D4714B #6AD44B

square

#4BAED4 #B64BD4 #D4714B #6AD44B

split-complementary

#4BAED4 #D44B6A #D4B64B

monochromatic

#206985 #2C90B6 #4BAED4 #7CC4E0 #AEDAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4BAED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#4BAED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAED4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAED4	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e1',
    500: '#4baed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baed4;
$custom-light: #8bc6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70762,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAED4

secondary

#DAB1A1

accent

#7043E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAED4

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

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