#4B9BD9#4B9BD9

#4B9BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.121 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B9BD9
RGBrgb(75, 155, 217)
HSLhsl(206, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 28.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(61.61, -5.25, -38.79)
CIE-LCHlch(61.61, 39.15, 262.29°)
OKLaboklab(66.62% -0.0521 -0.1094)
OKLCHoklch(66.62% 0.121 244.5)
XYZxyz(27.1427, 29.9455, 69.9818)
Luminance0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary
#4B9BD9 #D9894B
analogous
#4BD9D0 #4B9BD9 #4B54D9
triadic
#4B9BD9 #D94B9B #9BD94B
tetradic
#4B9BD9 #D04BD9 #D9894B #54D94B
square
#4B9BD9 #D04BD9 #D9894B #54D94B
split-complementary
#4B9BD9 #D94B54 #D9D04B
monochromatic
#1E5C8C #287DBF #4B9BD9 #7EB7E4 #B0D3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00
#4B9BD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#4B9BD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BD9
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B9BD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4B9BD91.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F9CDC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C8FD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b9bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.121 244.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8e5',
    500: '#4b9bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b9bd9;
$custom-light: #8bb8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b9bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.197,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66615,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B9BD9
secondary
#DDBCA3
accent
#8940E8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

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#4B9BD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva