#4B8ABC#4B8ABC

#4B8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.100 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ABC
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -5.10, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 32.61, 261.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0433 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.1 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0639, 23.3017, 50.9548)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ABC #BC7D4B

analogous

#4BBCB6 #4B8ABC #4B52BC

triadic

#4B8ABC #BC4B8A #8ABC4B

tetradic

#4B8ABC #B64BBC #BC7D4B #52BC4B

square

#4B8ABC #B64BBC #BC7D4B #52BC4B

split-complementary

#4B8ABC #BC4B52 #BCB64B

monochromatic

#264A66 #376A93 #4B8ABC #78A7CD #A4C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4B8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4B8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ABC

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ABC	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.100 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd0',
    500: '#4b8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8abc;
$custom-light: #87acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.549,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61275,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ABC

secondary

#CAAF99

accent

#8C52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ABC

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

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