#4B8EC1#4B8EC1

#4B8EC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EC1
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 26.4%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -5.77, -32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 33.38, 260.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.046 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.103 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1967, 24.6900, 54.0376)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EC1 #C17E4B

analogous

#4BC1B9 #4B8EC1 #4B53C1

triadic

#4B8EC1 #C14B8E #8EC14B

tetradic

#4B8EC1 #B94BC1 #C17E4B #53C14B

square

#4B8EC1 #B94BC1 #C17E4B #53C14B

split-complementary

#4B8EC1 #C14B53 #C1B94B

monochromatic

#254E6C #356E9A #4B8EC1 #79ABD1 #A6C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4B8EC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4B8EC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EC1

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EC1	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6883C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed4',
    500: '#4b8ec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ec1;
$custom-light: #88aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.932,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EC1

secondary

#CEB09A

accent

#8B4FD8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EC1

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

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