#4B8DBD#4B8DBD

#4B8DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.099 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DBD
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -6.50, -31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 32.00, 258.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% -0.0462 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.099 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6084, 24.2177, 51.6700)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DBD #BD7B4B

analogous

#4BBDB4 #4B8DBD #4B54BD

triadic

#4B8DBD #BD4B8D #8DBD4B

tetradic

#4B8DBD #B44BBD #BD7B4B #54BD4B

square

#4B8DBD #B44BBD #BD7B4B #54BD4B

split-complementary

#4B8DBD #BD4B54 #BDB44B

monochromatic

#264C68 #366D94 #4B8DBD #78A9CD #A5C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4B8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4B8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DBD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DBD	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.099 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed1',
    500: '#4b8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dbd;
$custom-light: #87aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DBD

secondary

#CBAE99

accent

#8952D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DBD

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

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