#4B9FD8#4B9FD8

#4B9FD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9FD8
RGB	rgb(75, 159, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -7.83, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 37.34, 257.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0565 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.117 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6897, 31.2471, 69.5245)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9FD8 #D8844B

analogous

#4BD8CA #4B9FD8 #4B59D8

triadic

#4B9FD8 #D84B9F #9FD84B

tetradic

#4B9FD8 #CA4BD8 #D8844B #59D84B

square

#4B9FD8 #CA4BD8 #D8844B #59D84B

split-complementary

#4B9FD8 #D84B59 #D8CA4B

monochromatic

#1E5F8B #2981BD #4B9FD8 #7DBAE3 #B0D5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4B9FD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#4B9FD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9FD8

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9FD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9FD8	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7292D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9fd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 159, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbe4',
    500: '#4b9fd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9fd8;
$custom-light: #8bbbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9fd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67477,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9FD8

secondary

#DCBAA3

accent

#8440E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9FD8

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

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