#4B8BB7#4B8BB7

#4B8BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.094 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BB7
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -7.30, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 30.13, 255.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.046 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.094 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6783, 23.3781, 48.2133)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BB7 #B7774B

analogous

#4BB7AD #4B8BB7 #4B55B7

triadic

#4B8BB7 #B74B8B #8BB74B

tetradic

#4B8BB7 #AD4BB7 #B7774B #55B74B

square

#4B8BB7 #AD4BB7 #B7774B #55B74B

split-complementary

#4B8BB7 #B74B55 #B7AD4B

monochromatic

#274961 #386A8D #4B8BB7 #77A7C8 #A2C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4B8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4B8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BB7

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BB7	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)

#778BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.094 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86accc',
    500: '#4b8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bb7;
$custom-light: #86accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61266,
    "c": 0.09397,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BB7

secondary

#C7AA97

accent

#8855D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BB7

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

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