#4B9ABC#4B9ABC

#4B9ABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.092 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9ABC
RGB	rgb(75, 154, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 18.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, -14.07, -24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 28.60, 240.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0609 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.092 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5308, 28.2356, 51.7771)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9ABC #BC6D4B

analogous

#4BBCA6 #4B9ABC #4B62BC

triadic

#4B9ABC #BC4B9A #9ABC4B

tetradic

#4B9ABC #A64BBC #BC6D4B #62BC4B

square

#4B9ABC #A64BBC #BC6D4B #62BC4B

split-complementary

#4B9ABC #BC4B62 #BCA64B

monochromatic

#265366 #377793 #4B9ABC #78B3CD #A4CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#4B9ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#4B9ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9ABC

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9ABC	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8898BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 154, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.092 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7d0',
    500: '#4b9abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9abc;
$custom-light: #87b7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.09236,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9ABC

secondary

#CAA899

accent

#7A52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9ABC

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

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