#4B8ADE#4B8ADE

#4B8ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.143 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ADE
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, 6.34, -48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 49.22, 277.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0338 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.143 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1702, 24.9442, 72.5813)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ADE #DE9F4B

analogous

#4BD3DE #4B8ADE #554BDE

triadic

#4B8ADE #DE4B8A #8ADE4B

tetradic

#4B8ADE #DE4BD3 #DE9F4B #4BDE55

square

#4B8ADE #DE4BD3 #DE9F4B #4BDE55

split-complementary

#4B8ADE #DE554B #D3DE4B

monochromatic

#1B4F94 #256AC7 #4B8ADE #7FACE7 #B2CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4B8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4B8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ADE

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ADE	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6490E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.143 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe9',
    500: '#4b8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ade;
$custom-light: #8cabe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63098,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ADE

secondary

#E0C7A5

accent

#A03CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ADE

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

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