#4B8EBE#4B8EBE

#4B8EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.100 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EBE
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 25.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -6.74, -31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 32.10, 257.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.047 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.1 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8654, 24.5575, 52.2930)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EBE #BE7B4B

analogous

#4BBEB4 #4B8EBE #4B55BE

triadic

#4B8EBE #BE4B8E #8EBE4B

tetradic

#4B8EBE #B44BBE #BE7B4B #55BE4B

square

#4B8EBE #B44BBE #BE7B4B #55BE4B

split-complementary

#4B8EBE #BE4B55 #BEB44B

monochromatic

#264D69 #366E96 #4B8EBE #78AACE #A5C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4B8EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4B8EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EBE

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EBE	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.100 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed1',
    500: '#4b8ebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ebe;
$custom-light: #87aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.043,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.623,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EBE

secondary

#CCAE99

accent

#8951D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EBE

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

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