#4B9CCE#4B9CCE

#4B9CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.109 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9CCE
RGB	rgb(75, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.42, -9.43, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.42, 34.28, 254.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0567 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.109 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9264, 29.7264, 62.7520)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9CCE #CE7D4B

analogous

#4BCEBF #4B9CCE #4B5ACE

triadic

#4B9CCE #CE4B9C #9CCE4B

tetradic

#4B9CCE #BF4BCE #CE7D4B #5ACE4B

square

#4B9CCE #BF4BCE #CE7D4B #5ACE4B

split-complementary

#4B9CCE #CE4B5A #CEBF4B

monochromatic

#225A7D #2F7DAD #4B9CCE #7BB6DB #ABD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#4B9CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#4B9CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9CCE

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9CCE	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)

#859CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.109 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9dd',
    500: '#4b9cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9cce;
$custom-light: #8ab9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.901,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66307,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9CCE

secondary

#D6B49F

accent

#8247E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9CCE

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

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