#4B9BD4#4B9BD4

#4B9BD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BD4
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 26.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -6.91, -36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 37.01, 259.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0537 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.116 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5022, 29.6893, 66.6085)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BD4 #D4844B

analogous

#4BD4C9 #4B9BD4 #4B57D4

triadic

#4B9BD4 #D44B9B #9BD44B

tetradic

#4B9BD4 #C94BD4 #D4844B #57D44B

square

#4B9BD4 #C94BD4 #D4844B #57D44B

split-complementary

#4B9BD4 #D44B57 #D4C94B

monochromatic

#205B85 #2C7DB6 #4B9BD4 #7CB6E0 #AED2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4B9BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#4B9BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BD4

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BD4	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8e1',
    500: '#4b9bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bd4;
$custom-light: #8ab8e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.964,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66367,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BD4

secondary

#DAB9A1

accent

#8643E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BD4

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

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