#4B8EAF#4B8EAF

#4B8EAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.084 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EAF
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 175)
HSL	hsl(200, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 18.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -11.52, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 26.44, 244.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0523 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.084 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3096, 23.9352, 44.0988)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EAF #AF6C4B

analogous

#4BAF9E #4B8EAF #4B5CAF

triadic

#4B8EAF #AF4B8E #8EAF4B

tetradic

#4B8EAF #9E4BAF #AF6C4B #5CAF4B

square

#4B8EAF #9E4BAF #AF6C4B #5CAF4B

split-complementary

#4B8EAF #AF4B5C #AF9E4B

monochromatic

#264859 #396B84 #4B8EAF #74A9C3 #9FC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4B8EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4B8EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EAF

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EAF	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.084 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc7',
    500: '#4b8eaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8eaf;
$custom-light: #85afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.8,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61604,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EAF

secondary

#C2A393

accent

#8058D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EAF

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

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