#4B8ADD#4B8ADD

#4B8ADD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.142 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ADD
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 37.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 5.99, -48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 48.71, 277.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0341 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.142 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0365, 24.8908, 71.8775)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ADD #DD9E4B

analogous

#4BD3DD #4B8ADD #554BDD

triadic

#4B8ADD #DD4B8A #8ADD4B

tetradic

#4B8ADD #DD4BD3 #DD9E4B #4BDD55

square

#4B8ADD #DD4BD3 #DD9E4B #4BDD55

split-complementary

#4B8ADD #DD554B #D3DD4B

monochromatic

#1C4F92 #256AC5 #4B8ADD #7EABE7 #B2CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4B8ADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4B8ADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ADD

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ADD	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8add;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.142 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe8',
    500: '#4b8add',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8add;
$custom-light: #8cabe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8add",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.11,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6304,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ADD

secondary

#DFC6A5

accent

#A03DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ADD

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

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