#4B8ABE#4B8ABE

#4B8ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.103 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ABE
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -4.45, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 33.50, 262.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0426 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.103 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2810, 23.3885, 52.0982)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ABE #BE7F4B

analogous

#4BBEB8 #4B8ABE #4B51BE

triadic

#4B8ABE #BE4B8A #8ABE4B

tetradic

#4B8ABE #B84BBE #BE7F4B #51BE4B

square

#4B8ABE #B84BBE #BE7F4B #51BE4B

split-complementary

#4B8ABE #BE4B51 #BEB84B

monochromatic

#264B69 #366A96 #4B8ABE #78A7CE #A5C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4B8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4B8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ABE

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ABE	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.103 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd2',
    500: '#4b8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8abe;
$custom-light: #87acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.13,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61374,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ABE

secondary

#CCB099

accent

#8E51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ABE

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

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