#4B8AAF#4B8AAF

#4B8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.086 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8AAF
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -9.28, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 27.26, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0477 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.086 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7251, 22.7662, 43.9040)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8AAF #AF704B

analogous

#4BAFA2 #4B8AAF #4B58AF

triadic

#4B8AAF #AF4B8A #8AAF4B

tetradic

#4B8AAF #A24BAF #AF704B #58AF4B

square

#4B8AAF #A24BAF #AF704B #58AF4B

split-complementary

#4B8AAF #AF4B58 #AFA24B

monochromatic

#264659 #396884 #4B8AAF #74A6C3 #9FC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4B8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4B8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8AAF

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8AAF	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7989B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.086 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc7',
    500: '#4b8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8aaf;
$custom-light: #85acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.2,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.08602,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8AAF

secondary

#C2A593

accent

#8458D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8AAF

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

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