#4B8BDA#4B8BDA

#4B8BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.137 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BDA
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 4.37, -46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 46.66, 275.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.0358 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.137 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7846, 25.0206, 69.8394)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BDA #DA9A4B

analogous

#4BD3DA #4B8BDA #534BDA

triadic

#4B8BDA #DA4B8B #8BDA4B

tetradic

#4B8BDA #DA4BD3 #DA9A4B #4BDA53

square

#4B8BDA #DA4BD3 #DA9A4B #4BDA53

split-complementary

#4B8BDA #DA534B #D3DA4B

monochromatic

#1D4F8E #286CC0 #4B8BDA #7EACE4 #B1CCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4B8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4B8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BDA

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BDA	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.137 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace6',
    500: '#4b8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bda;
$custom-light: #8bace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.147,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63088,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BDA

secondary

#DDC3A4

accent

#9D3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BDA

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

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