#4B9DBD#4B9DBD

#4B9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.092 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DBD
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -15.38, -24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 28.53, 237.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0638 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.093 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1403, 29.2815, 52.5140)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DBD #BD6B4B

analogous

#4BBDA4 #4B9DBD #4B64BD

triadic

#4B9DBD #BD4B9D #9DBD4B

tetradic

#4B9DBD #A44BBD #BD6B4B #64BD4B

square

#4B9DBD #A44BBD #BD6B4B #64BD4B

split-complementary

#4B9DBD #BD4B64 #BDA44B

monochromatic

#265568 #367A94 #4B9DBD #78B5CD #A5CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4B9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#4B9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DBD

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DBD	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.092 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad1',
    500: '#4b9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dbd;
$custom-light: #88bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.842,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65773,
    "c": 0.0925,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DBD

secondary

#CBA799

accent

#7752D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DBD

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

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