#4B8DC2#4B8DC2

#4B8DC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.105 H 244.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DC2
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 194)
HSL	hsl(207, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -4.86, -33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 34.18, 261.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0446 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.105 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1605, 24.4385, 54.5777)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DC2 #C2804B

analogous

#4BC2BC #4B8DC2 #4B51C2

triadic

#4B8DC2 #C24B8D #8DC24B

tetradic

#4B8DC2 #BC4BC2 #C2804B #51C24B

square

#4B8DC2 #BC4BC2 #C2804B #51C24B

split-complementary

#4B8DC2 #C24B51 #C2BC4B

monochromatic

#254D6D #356E9B #4B8DC2 #79AAD1 #A6C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4B8DC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4B8DC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DC2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DC2	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.105 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed4',
    500: '#4b8dc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dc2;
$custom-light: #88aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.723,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62265,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DC2

secondary

#CEB29B

accent

#8C4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DC2

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

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