#4B8AE2#4B8AE2

#4B8AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.148 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B8AE2
RGBrgb(75, 138, 226)
HSLhsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(57.23, 7.72, -50.71)
CIE-LCHlch(57.23, 51.29, 278.65°)
OKLaboklab(63.33% -0.0329 -0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(63.33% 0.148 257.2)
XYZxyz(25.7126, 25.1612, 75.4383)
Luminance0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B8AE2 #E2A34B
analogous
#4BD6E2 #4B8AE2 #584BE2
triadic
#4B8AE2 #E24B8A #8AE24B
tetradic
#4B8AE2 #E24BD6 #E2A34B #4BE258
square
#4B8AE2 #E24BD6 #E2A34B #4BE258
split-complementary
#4B8AE2 #E2584B #D6E24B
monochromatic
#194F9A #216ACF #4B8AE2 #80ACEA #B4CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#4B8AE2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03
#4B8AE2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8AE2
6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B8AE2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4B8AE21.003.486.036.03
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0321.001.001.00
##0000006.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6291E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4B83E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.148 257.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabeb',
    500: '#4b8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b8ae2;
$custom-light: #8cabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.967,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B8AE2
secondary
#E2C9A7
accent
#A339EF
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

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#4B8AE2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva