#4B8BB0#4B8BB0

#4B8BB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.087 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BB0
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 176)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 21%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -9.53, -25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 27.39, 249.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0485 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.087 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9678, 23.0939, 44.4712)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BB0 #B0704B

analogous

#4BB0A3 #4B8BB0 #4B59B0

triadic

#4B8BB0 #B04B8B #8BB04B

tetradic

#4B8BB0 #A34BB0 #B0704B #59B04B

square

#4B8BB0 #A34BB0 #B0704B #59B04B

split-complementary

#4B8BB0 #B04B59 #B0A34B

monochromatic

#26475A #396985 #4B8BB0 #74A7C4 #9FC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4B8BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4B8BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BB0

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BB0	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.087 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc7',
    500: '#4b8bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bb0;
$custom-light: #85acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.98,
    "s": 40.239,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60939,
    "c": 0.08658,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BB0

secondary

#C3A594

accent

#8458D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BB0

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

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