#4B9BCD#4B9BCD

#4B9BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.108 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BCD
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, -9.20, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 34.18, 254.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.056 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.108 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6382, 29.3437, 62.0585)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BCD #CD7D4B

analogous

#4BCDBE #4B9BCD #4B5ACD

triadic

#4B9BCD #CD4B9B #9BCD4B

tetradic

#4B9BCD #BE4BCD #CD7D4B #5ACD4B

square

#4B9BCD #BE4BCD #CD7D4B #5ACD4B

split-complementary

#4B9BCD #CD4B5A #CDBE4B

monochromatic

#22597B #307CAB #4B9BCD #7BB6DA #ABD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4B9BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4B9BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BCD

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BCD	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.108 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8dc',
    500: '#4b9bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bcd;
$custom-light: #8ab8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66029,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BCD

secondary

#D5B49F

accent

#8248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BCD

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

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