#4B8BB3#4B8BB3

#4B8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.090 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BB3
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -8.58, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 28.53, 252.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0474 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.09 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2679, 23.2139, 46.0517)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BB3 #B3734B

analogous

#4BB3A7 #4B8BB3 #4B57B3

triadic

#4B8BB3 #B34B8B #8BB34B

tetradic

#4B8BB3 #A74BB3 #B3734B #57B34B

square

#4B8BB3 #A74BB3 #B3734B #57B34B

split-complementary

#4B8BB3 #B34B57 #B3A74B

monochromatic

#27485D #396A88 #4B8BB3 #76A7C5 #A1C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4B8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4B8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BB3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BB3	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)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.090 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acca',
    500: '#4b8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bb3;
$custom-light: #86acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61078,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BB3

secondary

#C4A795

accent

#8657D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BB3

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

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