#4BAED9#4BAED9

#4BAED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.111 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAED9
RGB	rgb(75, 174, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -15.70, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 34.07, 242.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0715 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.111 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5571, 36.7745, 71.1200)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAED9 #D9764B

analogous

#4BD9BD #4BAED9 #4B67D9

triadic

#4BAED9 #D94BAE #AED94B

tetradic

#4BAED9 #BD4BD9 #D9764B #67D94B

square

#4BAED9 #BD4BD9 #D9764B #67D94B

split-complementary

#4BAED9 #D94B67 #D9BD4B

monochromatic

#1E6B8C #2891BF #4BAED9 #7EC5E4 #B0DBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4BAED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#4BAED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAED9

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAED9	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849DD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 174, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.111 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6e5',
    500: '#4baed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baed9;
$custom-light: #8cc6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.169,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7098,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAED9

secondary

#DDB5A3

accent

#7340E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAED9

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

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