#4B8BBE#4B8BBE

#4B8BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.102 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BBE
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -5.02, -32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 33.13, 261.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0437 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.102 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4251, 23.6768, 52.1462)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BBE #BE7E4B

analogous

#4BBEB8 #4B8BBE #4B51BE

triadic

#4B8BBE #BE4B8B #8BBE4B

tetradic

#4B8BBE #B84BBE #BE7E4B #51BE4B

square

#4B8BBE #B84BBE #BE7E4B #51BE4B

split-complementary

#4B8BBE #BE4B51 #BEB84B

monochromatic

#264B69 #366B96 #4B8BBE #78A8CE #A5C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4B8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4B8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BBE

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BBE	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6581BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.102 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd1',
    500: '#4b8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bbe;
$custom-light: #87acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.609,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61605,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BBE

secondary

#CCB099

accent

#8C51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BBE

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

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