#4B8AE4#4B8AE4

#4B8AE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.151 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8AE4
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 8.41, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 52.34, 279.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0325 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.151 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9887, 25.2716, 76.8920)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8AE4 #E4A54B

analogous

#4BD7E4 #4B8AE4 #594BE4

triadic

#4B8AE4 #E44B8A #8AE44B

tetradic

#4B8AE4 #E44BD7 #E4A54B #4BE459

square

#4B8AE4 #E44BD7 #E4A54B #4BE459

split-complementary

#4B8AE4 #E4594B #D7E44B

monochromatic

#184F9D #2069D2 #4B8AE4 #80ADEC #B5CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4B8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8AE4

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8AE4	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.151 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabed',
    500: '#4b8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ae4;
$custom-light: #8dabed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63449,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8AE4

secondary

#E3CBA8

accent

#A437F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8AE4

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

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