#4B99BD#4B99BD

#4B99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B99BD
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -13.21, -25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 29.04, 242.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0594 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.094 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4746, 27.9502, 52.2921)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B99BD #BD6F4B

analogous

#4BBDA8 #4B99BD #4B60BD

triadic

#4B99BD #BD4B99 #99BD4B

tetradic

#4B99BD #A84BBD #BD6F4B #60BD4B

square

#4B99BD #A84BBD #BD6F4B #60BD4B

split-complementary

#4B99BD #BD4B60 #BDA84B

monochromatic

#265368 #367794 #4B99BD #78B2CD #A5CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4B99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4B99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B99BD

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B99BD	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d1',
    500: '#4b99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b99bd;
$custom-light: #87b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64828,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B99BD

secondary

#CBA999

accent

#7C52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B99BD

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

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