#4BAED5#4BAED5

#4BAED5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAED5
RGB	rgb(75, 174, 213)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -16.96, -28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 32.97, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0729 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.108 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0432, 36.5689, 68.4131)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAED5 #D5724B

analogous

#4BD5B7 #4BAED5 #4B69D5

triadic

#4BAED5 #D54BAE #AED54B

tetradic

#4BAED5 #B74BD5 #D5724B #69D54B

square

#4BAED5 #B74BD5 #D5724B #69D54B

split-complementary

#4BAED5 #D54B69 #D5B74B

monochromatic

#1F6986 #2B90B8 #4BAED5 #7DC4E1 #AEDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4BAED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#4BAED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAED5

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAED5	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 174, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6e2',
    500: '#4baed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baed5;
$custom-light: #8bc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAED5

secondary

#DAB2A2

accent

#7143E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAED5

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

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