#4B9DB7#4B9DB7

#4B9DB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.088 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DB7
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 183)
HSL	hsl(194, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 14.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -17.23, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 27.16, 230.64°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0661 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.088 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5025, 29.0264, 49.1546)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DB7 #B7654B

analogous

#4BB79B #4B9DB7 #4B67B7

triadic

#4B9DB7 #B74B9D #9DB74B

tetradic

#4B9DB7 #9B4BB7 #B7654B #67B74B

square

#4B9DB7 #9B4BB7 #B7654B #67B74B

split-complementary

#4B9DB7 #B74B67 #B79B4B

monochromatic

#275361 #38788D #4B9DB7 #77B5C8 #A2CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4B9DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#4B9DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DB7

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DB7	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.088 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bacc',
    500: '#4b9db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9db7;
$custom-light: #87bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65519,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DB7

secondary

#C7A297

accent

#7355D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DB7

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

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