#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
RGBrgb(75, 155, 216)
HSLhsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.56, -5.58, -38.31)
CIE-LCHlch(61.56, 38.71, 261.71°)
OKLaboklab(66.57% -0.0524 -0.108)
OKLCHoklch(66.57% 0.12 244.1)
XYZxyz(27.0130, 29.8936, 69.2989)
Luminance0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4B9BD81.003.016.986.98
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9821.001.001.00
##0000006.9821.001.001.00

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

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#4B9BD8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva