#4B8BC4#4B8BC4

#4B8BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.109 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BC4
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -3.05, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 35.86, 265.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0418 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.109 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0944, 23.9445, 55.6712)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BC4 #C4844B

analogous

#4BC4C0 #4B8BC4 #4B4EC4

triadic

#4B8BC4 #C44B8B #8BC44B

tetradic

#4B8BC4 #C04BC4 #C4844B #4EC44B

square

#4B8BC4 #C04BC4 #C4844B #4EC44B

split-complementary

#4B8BC4 #C44B4E #C4C04B

monochromatic

#254C70 #346C9E #4B8BC4 #79A9D3 #A7C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4B8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4B8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BC4

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BC4	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.109 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd6',
    500: '#4b8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bc4;
$custom-light: #88acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.264,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61906,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BC4

secondary

#CFB49B

accent

#904EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BC4

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

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