#4B8DAC#4B8DAC

#4B8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.082 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DAC
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -11.90, -22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 25.65, 242.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0522 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.082 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8701, 23.5224, 42.5149)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DAC #AC6A4B

analogous

#4BAC9A #4B8DAC #4B5CAC

triadic

#4B8DAC #AC4B8D #8DAC4B

tetradic

#4B8DAC #9A4BAC #AC6A4B #5CAC4B

square

#4B8DAC #9A4BAC #AC6A4B #5CAC4B

split-complementary

#4B8DAC #AC4B5C #AC9A4B

monochromatic

#264757 #386A81 #4B8DAC #72A8C2 #9DC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4B8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4B8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DAC

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DAC	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.082 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec4',
    500: '#4b8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dac;
$custom-light: #85aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61234,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DAC

secondary

#C1A192

accent

#7F59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DAC

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

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