#4B8BBC#4B8BBC

#4B8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.100 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BBC
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -5.68, -31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 32.25, 259.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0444 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.1 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2080, 23.5900, 51.0029)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BBC #BC7C4B

analogous

#4BBCB5 #4B8BBC #4B53BC

triadic

#4B8BBC #BC4B8B #8BBC4B

tetradic

#4B8BBC #B54BBC #BC7C4B #53BC4B

square

#4B8BBC #B54BBC #BC7C4B #53BC4B

split-complementary

#4B8BBC #BC4B53 #BCB54B

monochromatic

#264B66 #376B93 #4B8BBC #78A8CD #A4C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4B8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4B8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BBC

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BBC	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.100 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd0',
    500: '#4b8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bbc;
$custom-light: #87acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.018,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61507,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BBC

secondary

#CAAE99

accent

#8B52D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BBC

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

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