#4B8BCA#4B8BCA

#4B8BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.116 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BCA
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -1.05, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 38.71, 268.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.04 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.116 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7910, 24.2232, 59.3401)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BCA #CA8A4B

analogous

#4BCACA #4B8BCA #4B4CCA

triadic

#4B8BCA #CA4B8B #8BCA4B

tetradic

#4B8BCA #CA4BCA #CA8A4B #4CCA4B

square

#4B8BCA #CA4BCA #CA8A4B #4CCA4B

split-complementary

#4B8BCA #CA4B4C #CACA4B

monochromatic

#234E77 #316CA7 #4B8BCA #7AA9D8 #AAC8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4B8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4B8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BCA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BCA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.116 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acda',
    500: '#4b8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bca;
$custom-light: #89acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.764,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62217,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BCA

secondary

#D3B89D

accent

#934ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BCA

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

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