#4B8BC7#4B8BC7

#4B8BC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BC7
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 199)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 30.2%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -2.05, -37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 37.27, 266.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0409 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.113 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4393, 24.0825, 57.4876)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BC7 #C7874B

analogous

#4BC7C5 #4B8BC7 #4B4DC7

triadic

#4B8BC7 #C74B8B #8BC74B

tetradic

#4B8BC7 #C54BC7 #C7874B #4DC74B

square

#4B8BC7 #C54BC7 #C7874B #4DC74B

split-complementary

#4B8BC7 #C74B4D #C7C54B

monochromatic

#244D74 #326CA2 #4B8BC7 #7AA9D6 #A8C7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4B8BC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4B8BC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BC7

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BC7	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd8',
    500: '#4b8bc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bc7;
$custom-light: #88acd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6206,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BC7

secondary

#D1B69C

accent

#924CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BC7

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

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