#4B9BC8#4B9BC8

#4B9BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.103 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BC8
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -10.81, -30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 32.31, 250.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0577 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.103 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0443, 29.1062, 58.9306)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BC8 #C8784B

analogous

#4BC8B7 #4B9BC8 #4B5DC8

triadic

#4B9BC8 #C84B9B #9BC84B

tetradic

#4B9BC8 #B74BC8 #C8784B #5DC84B

square

#4B9BC8 #B74BC8 #C8784B #5DC84B

split-complementary

#4B9BC8 #C84B5D #C8B74B

monochromatic

#245875 #327BA4 #4B9BC8 #7AB5D6 #A9CFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4B9BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#4B9BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BC8

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BC8	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.103 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8d9',
    500: '#4b9bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bc8;
$custom-light: #89b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65794,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BC8

secondary

#D2B09D

accent

#804BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BC8

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

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