#4B8EA3#4B8EA3

#4B8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.075 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EA3
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -15.19, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 23.27, 229.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0569 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.075 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1830, 23.4845, 38.1653)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EA3 #A3604B

analogous

#4BA38C #4B8EA3 #4B62A3

triadic

#4B8EA3 #A34B8E #8EA34B

tetradic

#4B8EA3 #8C4BA3 #A3604B #62A34B

square

#4B8EA3 #8C4BA3 #A3604B #62A34B

split-complementary

#4B8EA3 #A34B62 #A38C4B

monochromatic

#24454F #386979 #4B8EA3 #6FAABD #99C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4B8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4B8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EA3

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EA3	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.075 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbe',
    500: '#4b8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ea3;
$custom-light: #84afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.318,
    "s": 36.975,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61091,
    "c": 0.07498,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EA3

secondary

#BC998E

accent

#765BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EA3

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

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