#4B8DC0#4B8DC0

#4B8DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.103 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DC0
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 192)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 26.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -5.52, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 33.30, 260.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0452 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.103 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9374, 24.3493, 53.4027)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DC0 #C07E4B

analogous

#4BC0B9 #4B8DC0 #4B53C0

triadic

#4B8DC0 #C04B8D #8DC04B

tetradic

#4B8DC0 #B94BC0 #C07E4B #53C04B

square

#4B8DC0 #B94BC0 #C07E4B #53C04B

split-complementary

#4B8DC0 #C04B53 #C0B94B

monochromatic

#254D6B #356D98 #4B8DC0 #78AAD0 #A6C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4B8DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4B8DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DC0

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DC0	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.103 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed3',
    500: '#4b8dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dc0;
$custom-light: #87aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62166,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DC0

secondary

#CDB09A

accent

#8B50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DC0

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

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