#4B9CD8#4B9CD8

#4B9CD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.119 H 243.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9CD8
RGB	rgb(75, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(206, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -6.15, -37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 38.35, 260.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0534 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.119 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1801, 30.2279, 69.3546)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9CD8 #D8874B

analogous

#4BD8CE #4B9CD8 #4B56D8

triadic

#4B9CD8 #D84B9C #9CD84B

tetradic

#4B9CD8 #CE4BD8 #D8874B #56D84B

square

#4B9CD8 #CE4BD8 #D8874B #56D84B

split-complementary

#4B9CD8 #D84B56 #D8CE4B

monochromatic

#1E5C8B #297EBD #4B9CD8 #7DB8E3 #B0D3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4B9CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#4B9CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9CD8

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9CD8	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8FD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.119 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e4',
    500: '#4b9cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9cd8;
$custom-light: #8bb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.532,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66792,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9CD8

secondary

#DCBBA3

accent

#8740E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9CD8

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

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