#4B8EA2#4B8EA2

#4B8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.074 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EA2
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -15.49, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 23.08, 227.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0573 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.074 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0937, 23.4488, 37.6953)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EA2 #A25F4B

analogous

#4BA28B #4B8EA2 #4B63A2

triadic

#4B8EA2 #A24B8E #8EA24B

tetradic

#4B8EA2 #8B4BA2 #A25F4B #63A24B

square

#4B8EA2 #8B4BA2 #A25F4B #63A24B

split-complementary

#4B8EA2 #A24B63 #A28B4B

monochromatic

#24454E #386978 #4B8EA2 #6EAABC #98C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4B8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4B8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EA2

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EA2	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.074 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbd',
    500: '#4b8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ea2;
$custom-light: #84afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.793,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6105,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EA2

secondary

#BC988D

accent

#755BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EA2

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

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