#4B8EA4#4B8EA4

#4B8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.076 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EA4
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -14.89, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 23.47, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0565 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.076 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2729, 23.5205, 38.6390)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EA4 #A4614B

analogous

#4BA48D #4B8EA4 #4B62A4

triadic

#4B8EA4 #A44B8E #8EA44B

tetradic

#4B8EA4 #8D4BA4 #A4614B #62A44B

square

#4B8EA4 #8D4BA4 #A4614B #62A44B

split-complementary

#4B8EA4 #A44B62 #A48D4B

monochromatic

#254550 #386A7A #4B8EA4 #6FAABD #99C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4B8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4B8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EA4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EA4	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.076 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbf',
    500: '#4b8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ea4;
$custom-light: #84afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.831,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61133,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EA4

secondary

#BD9A8E

accent

#775BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EA4

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

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