#4BAFD8#4BAFD8

#4BAFD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BAFD8
RGB	rgb(75, 175, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 19%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -16.54, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 33.65, 240.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0728 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.11 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6214, 37.1104, 70.5017)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BAFD8 #D8744B

analogous

#4BD8BB #4BAFD8 #4B68D8

triadic

#4BAFD8 #D84BAF #AFD84B

tetradic

#4BAFD8 #BB4BD8 #D8744B #68D84B

square

#4BAFD8 #BB4BD8 #D8744B #68D84B

split-complementary

#4BAFD8 #D84B68 #D8BB4B

monochromatic

#1E6B8B #2992BD #4BAFD8 #7DC5E3 #B0DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4BAFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4BAFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BAFD8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BAFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BAFD8	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bafd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 175, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e4',
    500: '#4bafd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bafd8;
$custom-light: #8cc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bafd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.447,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71169,
    "c": 0.10965,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BAFD8

secondary

#DCB3A3

accent

#7140E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BAFD8

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

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