#4B9BCE#4B9BCE

#4B9BCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.109 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BCE
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -8.87, -33.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 34.57, 255.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0556 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.109 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7593, 29.3922, 62.6963)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BCE #CE7E4B

analogous

#4BCEC0 #4B9BCE #4B59CE

triadic

#4B9BCE #CE4B9B #9BCE4B

tetradic

#4B9BCE #C04BCE #CE7E4B #59CE4B

square

#4B9BCE #C04BCE #CE7E4B #59CE4B

split-complementary

#4B9BCE #CE4B59 #CEC04B

monochromatic

#22597D #2F7CAD #4B9BCE #7BB6DB #ABD0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#4B9BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#4B9BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BCE

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BCE	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.109 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8dd',
    500: '#4b9bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bce;
$custom-light: #8ab8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.359,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66076,
    "c": 0.10911,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BCE

secondary

#D6B49F

accent

#8347E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BCE

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

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