#4B9DBE#4B9DBE

#4B9DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.093 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DBE
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -15.07, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 28.80, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0634 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.093 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2493, 29.3251, 53.0876)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DBE #BE6C4B

analogous

#4BBEA5 #4B9DBE #4B64BE

triadic

#4B9DBE #BE4B9D #9DBE4B

tetradic

#4B9DBE #A54BBE #BE6C4B #64BE4B

square

#4B9DBE #A54BBE #BE6C4B #64BE4B

split-complementary

#4B9DBE #BE4B64 #BEA54B

monochromatic

#265669 #367A96 #4B9DBE #78B5CE #A5CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4B9DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4B9DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DBE

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DBE	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.093 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad1',
    500: '#4b9dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dbe;
$custom-light: #88bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65816,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DBE

secondary

#CCA899

accent

#7751D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DBE

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

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