#4B9DD8#4B9DD8

#4B9DD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.119 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DD8
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 27.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -6.71, -37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 38.00, 259.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0545 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.119 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3486, 30.5648, 69.4107)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DD8 #D8864B

analogous

#4BD8CC #4B9DD8 #4B57D8

triadic

#4B9DD8 #D84B9D #9DD84B

tetradic

#4B9DD8 #CC4BD8 #D8864B #57D84B

square

#4B9DD8 #CC4BD8 #D8864B #57D84B

split-complementary

#4B9DD8 #D84B57 #D8CC4B

monochromatic

#1E5D8B #297FBD #4B9DD8 #7DB8E3 #B0D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4B9DD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#4B9DD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DD8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DD8	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.119 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9e4',
    500: '#4b9dd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dd8;
$custom-light: #8bb9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.106,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6702,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DD8

secondary

#DCBBA3

accent

#8640E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DD8

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

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