#4B9EC9#4B9EC9

#4B9EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.103 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9EC9
RGB	rgb(75, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -12.14, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 31.97, 247.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0605 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.103 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6671, 30.1640, 59.7166)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9EC9 #C9764B

analogous

#4BC9B5 #4B9EC9 #4B5FC9

triadic

#4B9EC9 #C94B9E #9EC94B

tetradic

#4B9EC9 #B54BC9 #C9764B #5FC94B

square

#4B9EC9 #B54BC9 #C9764B #5FC94B

split-complementary

#4B9EC9 #C94B5F #C9B54B

monochromatic

#235A76 #327EA5 #4B9EC9 #7AB7D7 #A9D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4B9EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4B9EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9EC9

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9EC9	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.103 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad9',
    500: '#4b9ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9ec9;
$custom-light: #89bad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.476,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66539,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9EC9

secondary

#D3AF9D

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9EC9

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

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