#4B8BB2#4B8BB2

#4B8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.089 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BB2
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -8.89, -26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 28.14, 251.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0478 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.089 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1671, 23.1736, 45.5210)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BB2 #B2724B

analogous

#4BB2A5 #4B8BB2 #4B58B2

triadic

#4B8BB2 #B24B8B #8BB24B

tetradic

#4B8BB2 #A54BB2 #B2724B #58B24B

square

#4B8BB2 #A54BB2 #B2724B #58B24B

split-complementary

#4B8BB2 #B24B58 #B2A54B

monochromatic

#27485C #396987 #4B8BB2 #75A7C5 #A0C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4B8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4B8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BB2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BB2	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.089 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc9',
    500: '#4b8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bb2;
$custom-light: #86acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.718,
    "s": 40.711,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61031,
    "c": 0.08862,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BB2

secondary

#C4A795

accent

#8557D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BB2

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

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