#4B9BD8#4B9BD8

#4B9BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BD8
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -5.58, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 38.71, 261.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0524 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.12 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0130, 29.8936, 69.2989)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BD8 #D8884B

analogous

#4BD8CE #4B9BD8 #4B55D8

triadic

#4B9BD8 #D84B9B #9BD84B

tetradic

#4B9BD8 #CE4BD8 #D8884B #55D84B

square

#4B9BD8 #CE4BD8 #D8884B #55D84B

split-complementary

#4B9BD8 #D84B55 #D8CE4B

monochromatic

#1E5C8B #297DBD #4B9BD8 #7DB7E3 #B0D3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4B9BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#4B9BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BD8

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BD8	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#809CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e4',
    500: '#4b9bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9bd8;
$custom-light: #8bb8e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.957,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66565,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BD8

secondary

#DCBCA3

accent

#8940E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BD8

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

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