#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
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 7.72, -50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 51.29, 278.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0329 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.148 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7126, 25.1612, 75.4383)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4B8AE2	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8AE2

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

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