#4B8BB4#4B8BB4

#4B8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.091 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BB4
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -8.26, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 28.92, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0471 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.091 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3694, 23.2545, 46.5863)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BB4 #B4744B

analogous

#4BB4A9 #4B8BB4 #4B56B4

triadic

#4B8BB4 #B44B8B #8BB44B

tetradic

#4B8BB4 #A94BB4 #B4744B #56B44B

square

#4B8BB4 #A94BB4 #B4744B #56B44B

split-complementary

#4B8BB4 #B44B56 #B4A94B

monochromatic

#27485E #396A89 #4B8BB4 #76A7C6 #A1C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4B8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4B8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BB4

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BB4	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.091 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acca',
    500: '#4b8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bb4;
$custom-light: #86acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.429,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61124,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BB4

secondary

#C5A896

accent

#8757D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BB4

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

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