#4B9BC6#4B9BC6

#4B9BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.101 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BC6
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -11.45, -29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 31.60, 248.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0583 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.101 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8121, 29.0133, 57.7077)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BC6 #C6764B

analogous

#4BC6B4 #4B9BC6 #4B5DC6

triadic

#4B9BC6 #C64B9B #9BC64B

tetradic

#4B9BC6 #B44BC6 #C6764B #5DC64B

square

#4B9BC6 #B44BC6 #C6764B #5DC64B

split-complementary

#4B9BC6 #C64B5D #C6B44B

monochromatic

#245772 #337AA1 #4B9BC6 #79B5D5 #A8CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4B9BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4B9BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BC6

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BC6	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.101 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8d7',
    500: '#4b9bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bc6;
$custom-light: #89b8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.976,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65702,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BC6

secondary

#D1AE9C

accent

#7E4CDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BC6

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

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