#4B8AE0#4B8AE0

#4B8AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.145 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8AE0
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 7.03, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 50.26, 278.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0334 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.146 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4398, 25.0521, 74.0014)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8AE0 #E0A14B

analogous

#4BD4E0 #4B8AE0 #564BE0

triadic

#4B8AE0 #E04B8A #8AE04B

tetradic

#4B8AE0 #E04BD4 #E0A14B #4BE056

square

#4B8AE0 #E04BD4 #E0A14B #4BE056

split-complementary

#4B8AE0 #E0564B #D4E04B

monochromatic

#1A4F97 #236ACB #4B8AE0 #7FACE9 #B3CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4B8AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4B8AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8AE0

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8AE0	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.145 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabea',
    500: '#4b8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ae0;
$custom-light: #8cabea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.631,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63214,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8AE0

secondary

#E1C8A6

accent

#A23AED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8AE0

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

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