#4B8BDD#4B8BDD

#4B8BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.141 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BDD
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 5.40, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 48.19, 276.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.035 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.141 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1807, 25.1790, 71.9256)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BDD #DD9D4B

analogous

#4BD4DD #4B8BDD #544BDD

triadic

#4B8BDD #DD4B8B #8BDD4B

tetradic

#4B8BDD #DD4BD4 #DD9D4B #4BDD54

square

#4B8BDD #DD4BD4 #DD9D4B #4BDD54

split-complementary

#4B8BDD #DD544B #D4DD4B

monochromatic

#1C4F92 #256CC5 #4B8BDD #7EACE7 #B2CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4B8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4B8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BDD

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BDD	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.141 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace8',
    500: '#4b8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bdd;
$custom-light: #8cace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.699,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63259,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BDD

secondary

#DFC5A5

accent

#9F3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BDD

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

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