#4BAED6#4BAED6

#4BAED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.108 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAED6
RGB	rgb(75, 174, 214)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 18.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -16.64, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 33.24, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0725 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.108 228)
XYZ	xyz(30.1705, 36.6198, 69.0836)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAED6 #D6734B

analogous

#4BD6B9 #4BAED6 #4B69D6

triadic

#4BAED6 #D64BAE #AED64B

tetradic

#4BAED6 #B94BD6 #D6734B #69D64B

square

#4BAED6 #B94BD6 #D6734B #69D64B

split-complementary

#4BAED6 #D64B69 #D6B94B

monochromatic

#1F6A88 #2A90BA #4BAED6 #7DC4E1 #AFDBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4BAED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#4BAED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAED6

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAED6	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 174, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.108 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e2',
    500: '#4baed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baed6;
$custom-light: #8cc6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.36623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAED6

secondary

#DBB2A2

accent

#7142E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAED6

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

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