#4B9CD6#4B9CD6

#4B9CD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9CD6
RGB	rgb(75, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(205, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -6.81, -36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 37.51, 259.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0541 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.117 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9231, 30.1251, 68.0011)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9CD6 #D6854B

analogous

#4BD6CB #4B9CD6 #4B57D6

triadic

#4B9CD6 #D64B9C #9CD64B

tetradic

#4B9CD6 #CB4BD6 #D6854B #57D64B

square

#4B9CD6 #CB4BD6 #D6854B #57D64B

split-complementary

#4B9CD6 #D64B57 #D6CB4B

monochromatic

#1F5C88 #2A7EBA #4B9CD6 #7DB7E1 #AFD3ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4B9CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4B9CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9CD6

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9CD6	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e3',
    500: '#4b9cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9cd6;
$custom-light: #8bb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.036,
    "s": 62.896,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66693,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9CD6

secondary

#DBBAA2

accent

#8642E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9CD6

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

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