#4B8FBD#4B8FBD

#4B8FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.098 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8FBD
RGB	rgb(75, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -7.63, -30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 31.37, 255.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0484 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.098 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9060, 24.8128, 51.7692)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8FBD #BD794B

analogous

#4BBDB2 #4B8FBD #4B56BD

triadic

#4B8FBD #BD4B8F #8FBD4B

tetradic

#4B8FBD #B24BBD #BD794B #56BD4B

square

#4B8FBD #B24BBD #BD794B #56BD4B

split-complementary

#4B8FBD #BD4B56 #BDB24B

monochromatic

#264D68 #366E94 #4B8FBD #78ABCD #A5C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4B8FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4B8FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8FBD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8FBD	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.098 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd1',
    500: '#4b8fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8fbd;
$custom-light: #87afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62484,
    "c": 0.09811,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8FBD

secondary

#CBAD99

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8FBD

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

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