#4B8ABA#4B8ABA

#4B8ABA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.098 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ABA
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -5.75, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 31.73, 259.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0439 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.098 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8498, 23.2161, 49.8272)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ABA #BA7B4B

analogous

#4BBAB2 #4B8ABA #4B52BA

triadic

#4B8ABA #BA4B8A #8ABA4B

tetradic

#4B8ABA #B24BBA #BA7B4B #52BA4B

square

#4B8ABA #B24BBA #BA7B4B #52BA4B

split-complementary

#4B8ABA #BA4B52 #BAB24B

monochromatic

#264964 #376A90 #4B8ABA #77A7CB #A3C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4B8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4B8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ABA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ABA	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.098 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accf',
    500: '#4b8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8aba;
$custom-light: #87accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61177,
    "c": 0.09798,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ABA

secondary

#C9AD98

accent

#8B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ABA

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

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