#4B8DBA#4B8DBA

#4B8DBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.096 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DBA
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -7.47, -29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 30.75, 255.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0472 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.096 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2861, 24.0888, 49.9727)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DBA #BA784B

analogous

#4BBAAF #4B8DBA #4B55BA

triadic

#4B8DBA #BA4B8D #8DBA4B

tetradic

#4B8DBA #AF4BBA #BA784B #55BA4B

square

#4B8DBA #AF4BBA #BA784B #55BA4B

split-complementary

#4B8DBA #BA4B55 #BAAF4B

monochromatic

#264B64 #376C90 #4B8DBA #77A9CB #A3C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4B8DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4B8DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DBA

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DBA	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)

#798DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.096 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aecf',
    500: '#4b8dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dba;
$custom-light: #87aecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61875,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DBA

secondary

#C9AC98

accent

#8854D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DBA

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

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