#4B9DC9#4B9DC9

#4B9DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.103 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DC9
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -11.59, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 32.19, 248.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0594 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.103 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4972, 29.8243, 59.6600)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DC9 #C9774B

analogous

#4BC9B6 #4B9DC9 #4B5EC9

triadic

#4B9DC9 #C94B9D #9DC94B

tetradic

#4B9DC9 #B64BC9 #C9774B #5EC94B

square

#4B9DC9 #B64BC9 #C9774B #5EC94B

split-complementary

#4B9DC9 #C94B5E #C9B64B

monochromatic

#235976 #327DA5 #4B9DC9 #7AB7D7 #A9D0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4B9DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4B9DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DC9

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DC9	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.103 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9d9',
    500: '#4b9dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dc9;
$custom-light: #89b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66306,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DC9

secondary

#D3B09D

accent

#7E4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DC9

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

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