#4B8FCD#4B8FCD

#4B8FCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.117 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8FCD
RGB	rgb(75, 143, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 30.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -2.38, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 38.43, 266.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0434 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.117 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7395, 25.5462, 61.4256)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8FCD #CD894B

analogous

#4BCDCA #4B8FCD #4B4ECD

triadic

#4B8FCD #CD4B8F #8FCD4B

tetradic

#4B8FCD #CA4BCD #CD894B #4ECD4B

square

#4B8FCD #CA4BCD #CD894B #4ECD4B

split-complementary

#4B8FCD #CD4B4E #CDCA4B

monochromatic

#22517B #3070AB #4B8FCD #7BADDA #ABCBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4B8FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4B8FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8FCD

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8FCD	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7491D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6285CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 143, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.117 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afdc',
    500: '#4b8fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8fcd;
$custom-light: #89afdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8FCD

secondary

#D5B99F

accent

#9048E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8FCD

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

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