#4B9ADD#4B9ADD

#4B9ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.127 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9ADD
RGB	rgb(75, 154, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(208, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 30.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -3.35, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 41.32, 265.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0499 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.127 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5035, 29.8247, 72.6999)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9ADD #DD8E4B

analogous

#4BDDD7 #4B9ADD #4B51DD

triadic

#4B9ADD #DD4B9A #9ADD4B

tetradic

#4B9ADD #D74BDD #DD8E4B #51DD4B

square

#4B9ADD #D74BDD #DD8E4B #51DD4B

split-complementary

#4B9ADD #DD4B51 #DDD74B

monochromatic

#1C5C92 #257CC5 #4B9ADD #7EB7E7 #B2D4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4B9ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4B9ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9ADD

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9ADD	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C9CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#688EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 154, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.127 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7e8',
    500: '#4b9add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9add;
$custom-light: #8cb7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.534,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66592,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9ADD

secondary

#DFC0A5

accent

#8D3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9ADD

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

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