#4BBADD#4BBADD

#4BBADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.111 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBADD
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -20.73, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 33.90, 232.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0822 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.111 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5064, 41.8305, 74.7008)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBADD #DD6E4B

analogous

#4BDDB7 #4BBADD #4B71DD

triadic

#4BBADD #DD4BBA #BADD4B

tetradic

#4BBADD #B74BDD #DD6E4B #71DD4B

square

#4BBADD #B74BDD #DD6E4B #71DD4B

split-complementary

#4BBADD #DD4B71 #DDB74B

monochromatic

#1C7692 #259FC5 #4BBADD #7ECEE7 #B2E1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#4BBADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#4BBADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBADD

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBADD	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.111 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfe7',
    500: '#4bbadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbadd;
$custom-light: #8dcfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.384,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.11116,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBADD

secondary

#DFB3A5

accent

#673DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBADD

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

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