#4B9BBC#4B9BBC

#4B9BBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.092 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BBC
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -14.61, -24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 28.48, 239.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.062 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.092 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6966, 28.5671, 51.8324)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BBC #BC6C4B

analogous

#4BBCA5 #4B9BBC #4B63BC

triadic

#4B9BBC #BC4B9B #9BBC4B

tetradic

#4B9BBC #A54BBC #BC6C4B #63BC4B

square

#4B9BBC #A54BBC #BC6C4B #63BC4B

split-complementary

#4B9BBC #BC4B63 #BCA54B

monochromatic

#265466 #377893 #4B9BBC #78B4CD #A4CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4B9BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4B9BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BBC

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BBC	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.092 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8d0',
    500: '#4b9bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bbc;
$custom-light: #87b8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.522,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65256,
    "c": 0.09212,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BBC

secondary

#CAA799

accent

#7952D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BBC

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

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