#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
RGBrgb(75, 138, 224)
HSLhsl(215, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(215, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.13, 7.03, -49.76)
CIE-LCHlch(57.13, 50.26, 278.04°)
OKLaboklab(63.21% -0.0334 -0.1416)
OKLCHoklch(63.21% 0.146 256.7)
XYZxyz(25.4398, 25.0521, 74.0014)
Luminance0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4B8AE01.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

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

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#4B8AE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva