#4B8EA5#4B8EA5

#4B8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.076 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EA5
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -14.59, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 23.69, 231.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0561 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.076 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3636, 23.5567, 39.1165)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EA5 #A5624B

analogous

#4BA58F #4B8EA5 #4B61A5

triadic

#4B8EA5 #A54B8E #8EA54B

tetradic

#4B8EA5 #8F4BA5 #A5624B #61A54B

square

#4B8EA5 #8F4BA5 #A5624B #61A54B

split-complementary

#4B8EA5 #A54B61 #A58F4B

monochromatic

#254651 #386A7B #4B8EA5 #6FAABE #9AC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4B8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4B8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EA5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EA5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.076 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbf',
    500: '#4b8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ea5;
$custom-light: #84afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61174,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EA5

secondary

#BD9A8F

accent

#785ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EA5

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

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