#4B8DBE#4B8DBE

#4B8DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DBE
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -6.17, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 32.43, 259.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0459 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.101 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7173, 24.2613, 52.2436)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DBE #BE7C4B

analogous

#4BBEB6 #4B8DBE #4B54BE

triadic

#4B8DBE #BE4B8D #8DBE4B

tetradic

#4B8DBE #B64BBE #BE7C4B #54BE4B

square

#4B8DBE #B64BBE #BE7C4B #54BE4B

split-complementary

#4B8DBE #BE4B54 #BEB64B

monochromatic

#264C69 #366D96 #4B8DBE #78A9CE #A5C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4B8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4B8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DBE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DBE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed1',
    500: '#4b8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dbe;
$custom-light: #87aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.565,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62068,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DBE

secondary

#CCAF99

accent

#8A51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DBE

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

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