#4B9BD5#4B9BD5

#4B9BD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BD5
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 213)
HSL	hsl(205, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -6.58, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 37.43, 259.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0534 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.117 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6287, 29.7399, 67.2749)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BD5 #D5854B

analogous

#4BD5CA #4B9BD5 #4B56D5

triadic

#4B9BD5 #D54B9B #9BD54B

tetradic

#4B9BD5 #CA4BD5 #D5854B #56D54B

square

#4B9BD5 #CA4BD5 #D5854B #56D54B

split-complementary

#4B9BD5 #D54B56 #D5CA4B

monochromatic

#1F5B86 #2B7DB8 #4B9BD5 #7DB7E1 #AED2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4B9BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#4B9BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BD5

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BD5	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819CD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e2',
    500: '#4b9bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bd5;
$custom-light: #8bb8e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66416,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BD5

secondary

#DAB9A2

accent

#8743E5

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BD5

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

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