#4B8BC0#4B8BC0

#4B8BC0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.104 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BC0
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 192)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 27.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -4.37, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 34.03, 262.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0431 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.104 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6452, 23.7648, 53.3053)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BC0 #C0804B

analogous

#4BC0BA #4B8BC0 #4B51C0

triadic

#4B8BC0 #C04B8B #8BC04B

tetradic

#4B8BC0 #BA4BC0 #C0804B #51C04B

square

#4B8BC0 #BA4BC0 #C0804B #51C04B

split-complementary

#4B8BC0 #C04B51 #C0BA4B

monochromatic

#254C6B #356C98 #4B8BC0 #78A8D0 #A6C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4B8BC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4B8BC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BC0

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BC0	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6481BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.104 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd3',
    500: '#4b8bc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bc0;
$custom-light: #87acd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.179,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61705,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BC0

secondary

#CDB19A

accent

#8E50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BC0

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

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