#4B9ED8#4B9ED8

#4B9ED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.118 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9ED8
RGB	rgb(75, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -7.27, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 37.66, 258.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0555 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.118 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5185, 30.9046, 69.4674)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9ED8 #D8854B

analogous

#4BD8CC #4B9ED8 #4B57D8

triadic

#4B9ED8 #D84B9E #9ED84B

tetradic

#4B9ED8 #CC4BD8 #D8854B #57D84B

square

#4B9ED8 #CC4BD8 #D8854B #57D84B

split-complementary

#4B9ED8 #D84B57 #D8CC4B

monochromatic

#1E5E8B #2980BD #4B9ED8 #7DB9E3 #B0D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#4B9ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#4B9ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9ED8

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9ED8	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.118 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbae4',
    500: '#4b9ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9ed8;
$custom-light: #8bbae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.681,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67248,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9ED8

secondary

#DCBAA3

accent

#8540E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9ED8

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

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