#4B8EBA#4B8EBA

#4B8EBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.095 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EBA
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 186)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 23.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -8.04, -29.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 30.45, 254.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0483 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.095 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4343, 24.3850, 50.0221)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EBA #BA774B

analogous

#4BBAAE #4B8EBA #4B56BA

triadic

#4B8EBA #BA4B8E #8EBA4B

tetradic

#4B8EBA #AE4BBA #BA774B #56BA4B

square

#4B8EBA #AE4BBA #BA774B #56BA4B

split-complementary

#4B8EBA #BA4B56 #BAAE4B

monochromatic

#264C64 #376D90 #4B8EBA #77AACB #A3C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4B8EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4B8EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EBA

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EBA	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.095 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afcf',
    500: '#4b8eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8eba;
$custom-light: #87afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.784,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62109,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EBA

secondary

#C9AB98

accent

#8754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EBA

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

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