#4B8BCE#4B8BCE

#4B8BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BCE
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 0.29, -40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 40.65, 270.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0389 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.121 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2708, 24.4151, 61.8668)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BCE #CE8E4B

analogous

#4BCCCE #4B8BCE #4D4BCE

triadic

#4B8BCE #CE4B8B #8BCE4B

tetradic

#4B8BCE #CE4BCC #CE8E4B #4BCE4D

square

#4B8BCE #CE4BCC #CE8E4B #4BCE4D

split-complementary

#4B8BCE #CE4D4B #CCCE4B

monochromatic

#224E7D #2F6CAD #4B8BCE #7BAADB #ABC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4B8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4B8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BCE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BCE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acdd',
    500: '#4b8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bce;
$custom-light: #89acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.687,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62429,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BCE

secondary

#D6BB9F

accent

#9647E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BCE

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

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