#4B9DC3#4B9DC3

#4B9DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DC3
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -13.50, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 30.23, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0616 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.097 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8051, 29.5475, 56.0152)
Luminance	0.2955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DC3 #C3714B

analogous

#4BC3AD #4B9DC3 #4B61C3

triadic

#4B9DC3 #C34B9D #9DC34B

tetradic

#4B9DC3 #AD4BC3 #C3714B #61C34B

square

#4B9DC3 #AD4BC3 #C3714B #61C34B

split-complementary

#4B9DC3 #C34B61 #C3AD4B

monochromatic

#25576F #347C9D #4B9DC3 #79B6D2 #A7CFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#4B9DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#4B9DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DC3

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DC3	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bad5',
    500: '#4b9dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dc3;
$custom-light: #88bad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66035,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DC3

secondary

#CFAB9B

accent

#7A4EDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DC3

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

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