#4B8AAE#4B8AAE

#4B8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.085 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8AAE
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -9.59, -25.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 26.89, 249.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.048 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.085 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6273, 22.7270, 43.3886)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8AAE #AE6F4B

analogous

#4BAEA1 #4B8AAE #4B59AE

triadic

#4B8AAE #AE4B8A #8AAE4B

tetradic

#4B8AAE #A14BAE #AE6F4B #59AE4B

square

#4B8AAE #A14BAE #AE6F4B #59AE4B

split-complementary

#4B8AAE #AE4B59 #AEA14B

monochromatic

#264658 #396883 #4B8AAE #73A6C3 #9EC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4B8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4B8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8AAE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8AAE	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.085 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc6',
    500: '#4b8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8aae;
$custom-light: #85acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60612,
    "c": 0.08501,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8AAE

secondary

#C2A493

accent

#8458D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8AAE

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

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