#4B8BD0#4B8BD0

#4B8BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BD0
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, 0.97, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 41.64, 271.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.0384 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.124 252)
XYZ	xyz(23.5153, 24.5129, 63.1545)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BD0 #D0904B

analogous

#4BCDD0 #4B8BD0 #4D4BD0

triadic

#4B8BD0 #D04B8B #8BD04B

tetradic

#4B8BD0 #D04BCD #D0904B #4BD04D

square

#4B8BD0 #D04BCD #D0904B #4BD04D

split-complementary

#4B8BD0 #D04D4B #CDD04B

monochromatic

#214F7F #2E6CB0 #4B8BD0 #7CAADD #ACCAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4B8BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4B8BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BD0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BD0	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacde',
    500: '#4b8bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bd0;
$custom-light: #8aacde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.128,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.12391,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.24515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BD0

secondary

#D7BCA0

accent

#9746E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BD0

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

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