#4B9ABA#4B9ABA

#4B9ABA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.091 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9ABA
RGB	rgb(75, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -14.69, -23.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 28.04, 238.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0616 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.091 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3167, 28.1500, 50.6496)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9ABA #BA6B4B

analogous

#4BBAA2 #4B9ABA #4B62BA

triadic

#4B9ABA #BA4B9A #9ABA4B

tetradic

#4B9ABA #A24BBA #BA6B4B #62BA4B

square

#4B9ABA #A24BBA #BA6B4B #62BA4B

split-complementary

#4B9ABA #BA4B62 #BAA24B

monochromatic

#265264 #377790 #4B9ABA #77B3CB #A3CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#4B9ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#4B9ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9ABA

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9ABA	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.091 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7ce',
    500: '#4b9aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9aba;
$custom-light: #87b7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.297,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64933,
    "c": 0.09073,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9ABA

secondary

#C9A698

accent

#7954D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9ABA

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

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