#4B9DCD#4B9DCD

#4B9DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.107 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DCD
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -10.31, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 33.63, 252.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0581 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.107 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9738, 30.0150, 62.1704)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DCD #CD7B4B

analogous

#4BCDBC #4B9DCD #4B5CCD

triadic

#4B9DCD #CD4B9D #9DCD4B

tetradic

#4B9DCD #BC4BCD #CD7B4B #5CCD4B

square

#4B9DCD #BC4BCD #CD7B4B #5CCD4B

split-complementary

#4B9DCD #CD4B5C #CDBC4B

monochromatic

#225A7B #307EAB #4B9DCD #7BB7DA #ABD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#4B9DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#4B9DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DCD

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DCD	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.107 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9dc',
    500: '#4b9dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dcd;
$custom-light: #8ab9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.154,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.10695,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DCD

secondary

#D5B39F

accent

#8048E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DCD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →