#4B8CA5#4B8CA5

#4B8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.076 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CA5
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -13.49, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 23.78, 235.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0538 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.076 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0687, 22.9670, 39.0182)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CA5 #A5644B

analogous

#4BA591 #4B8CA5 #4B5FA5

triadic

#4B8CA5 #A54B8C #8CA54B

tetradic

#4B8CA5 #914BA5 #A5644B #5FA54B

square

#4B8CA5 #914BA5 #A5644B #5FA54B

split-complementary

#4B8CA5 #A54B5F #A5914B

monochromatic

#254551 #38687B #4B8CA5 #6FA8BE #9AC2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4B8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4B8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CA5

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CA5	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.076 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adbf',
    500: '#4b8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ca5;
$custom-light: #84adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60693,
    "c": 0.07645,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CA5

secondary

#BD9C8F

accent

#7A5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CA5

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

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