#4B8BD8#4B8BD8

#4B8BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.134 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BD8
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 3.69, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 45.64, 274.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0363 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.134 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5244, 24.9165, 68.4694)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BD8 #D8984B

analogous

#4BD2D8 #4B8BD8 #524BD8

triadic

#4B8BD8 #D84B8B #8BD84B

tetradic

#4B8BD8 #D84BD2 #D8984B #4BD852

square

#4B8BD8 #D84BD2 #D8984B #4BD852

split-complementary

#4B8BD8 #D8524B #D2D84B

monochromatic

#1E4F8B #296CBD #4B8BD8 #7DABE3 #B0CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4B8BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4B8BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BD8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BD8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.134 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace4',
    500: '#4b8bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bd8;
$custom-light: #8bace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.766,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62976,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BD8

secondary

#DCC2A3

accent

#9C40E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BD8

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

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