#4B9BC4#4B9BC4

#4B9BC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.099 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BC4
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -12.09, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 30.92, 246.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0591 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.099 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5830, 28.9216, 56.5008)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BC4 #C4744B

analogous

#4BC4B1 #4B9BC4 #4B5EC4

triadic

#4B9BC4 #C44B9B #9BC44B

tetradic

#4B9BC4 #B14BC4 #C4744B #5EC44B

square

#4B9BC4 #B14BC4 #C4744B #5EC44B

split-complementary

#4B9BC4 #C44B5E #C4B14B

monochromatic

#255670 #347A9E #4B9BC4 #79B5D3 #A7CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#4B9BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#4B9BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BC4

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BC4	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8799C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.099 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8d6',
    500: '#4b9bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bc4;
$custom-light: #88b8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.331,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65611,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BC4

secondary

#CFAD9B

accent

#7D4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BC4

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

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