#4B6DB6#4B6DB6

#4B6DB6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.121 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B6DB6
RGB	rgb(75, 109, 182)
HSL	hsl(221, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(221, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 40.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 10.31, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 43.61, 283.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% -0.0127 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.121 264)
XYZ	xyz(16.8109, 15.8091, 46.4125)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B6DB6 #B6944B

analogous

#4BA2B6 #4B6DB6 #5F4BB6

triadic

#4B6DB6 #B64B6D #6DB64B

tetradic

#4B6DB6 #B64BA2 #B6944B #4BB65F

square

#4B6DB6 #B64BA2 #B6944B #4BB65F

split-complementary

#4B6DB6 #B65F4B #A2B64B

monochromatic

#273960 #38538B #4B6DB6 #7790C8 #A2B4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#4B6DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#4B6DB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B6DB6

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B6DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B6DB6	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E74B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b6db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 109, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.121 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8696cc',
    500: '#4b6db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b6db6;
$custom-light: #8696cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b6db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.935,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54412,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.15811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B6DB6

secondary

#C6B797

accent

#AB56D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F1F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B6DB6

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

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