#4B8EA7#4B8EA7

#4B8EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.078 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EA7
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -13.99, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 24.15, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0553 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.078 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5470, 23.6301, 40.0827)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EA7 #A7644B

analogous

#4BA792 #4B8EA7 #4B60A7

triadic

#4B8EA7 #A74B8E #8EA74B

tetradic

#4B8EA7 #924BA7 #A7644B #60A74B

square

#4B8EA7 #924BA7 #A7644B #60A74B

split-complementary

#4B8EA7 #A74B60 #A7924B

monochromatic

#254653 #386A7D #4B8EA7 #70AABF #9BC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4B8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4B8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EA7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EA7	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.078 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc1',
    500: '#4b8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ea7;
$custom-light: #85afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.304,
    "s": 38.017,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61258,
    "c": 0.07778,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EA7

secondary

#BE9C8F

accent

#795ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EA7

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

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