#4B8DC6#4B8DC6

#4B8DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.110 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DC6
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -3.55, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 35.99, 264.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0434 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.11 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6158, 24.6207, 56.9755)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DC6 #C6844B

analogous

#4BC6C1 #4B8DC6 #4B4FC6

triadic

#4B8DC6 #C64B8D #8DC64B

tetradic

#4B8DC6 #C14BC6 #C6844B #4FC64B

square

#4B8DC6 #C14BC6 #C6844B #4FC64B

split-complementary

#4B8DC6 #C64B4F #C6C14B

monochromatic

#244E72 #336EA1 #4B8DC6 #79AAD5 #A8C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4B8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4B8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DC6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DC6	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.110 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed7',
    500: '#4b8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dc6;
$custom-light: #88aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.805,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62465,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DC6

secondary

#D1B49C

accent

#8F4CDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DC6

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

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