#4B8BBD#4B8BBD

#4B8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.101 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BBD
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -5.35, -32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 32.69, 260.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.044 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.101 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3162, 23.6332, 51.5726)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BBD #BD7D4B

analogous

#4BBDB6 #4B8BBD #4B52BD

triadic

#4B8BBD #BD4B8B #8BBD4B

tetradic

#4B8BBD #B64BBD #BD7D4B #52BD4B

square

#4B8BBD #B64BBD #BD7D4B #52BD4B

split-complementary

#4B8BBD #BD4B52 #BDB64B

monochromatic

#264B68 #366B94 #4B8BBD #78A8CD #A5C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4B8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4B8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BBD

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BBD	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.101 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd1',
    500: '#4b8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bbd;
$custom-light: #87acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.10074,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BBD

secondary

#CBAF99

accent

#8C52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BBD

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

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