#4B8DB3#4B8DB3

#4B8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.089 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DB3
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -9.70, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 28.03, 249.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0497 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.089 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5602, 23.7984, 46.1491)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DB3 #B3714B

analogous

#4BB3A5 #4B8DB3 #4B59B3

triadic

#4B8DB3 #B34B8D #8DB34B

tetradic

#4B8DB3 #A54BB3 #B3714B #59B34B

square

#4B8DB3 #A54BB3 #B3714B #59B34B

split-complementary

#4B8DB3 #B34B59 #B3A54B

monochromatic

#27495D #396B88 #4B8DB3 #76A8C5 #A1C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4B8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4B8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DB3

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DB3	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.089 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aeca',
    500: '#4b8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8db3;
$custom-light: #86aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.923,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61548,
    "c": 0.08869,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DB3

secondary

#C4A795

accent

#8457D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DB3

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

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