#4B8BDE#4B8BDE

#4B8BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.142 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BDE
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, 5.74, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 48.71, 276.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0348 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.142 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3143, 25.2325, 72.6294)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BDE #DE9E4B

analogous

#4BD4DE #4B8BDE #544BDE

triadic

#4B8BDE #DE4B8B #8BDE4B

tetradic

#4B8BDE #DE4BD4 #DE9E4B #4BDE54

square

#4B8BDE #DE4BD4 #DE9E4B #4BDE54

split-complementary

#4B8BDE #DE544B #D4DE4B

monochromatic

#1B5094 #256BC7 #4B8BDE #7FACE7 #B2CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4B8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BDE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BDE	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.142 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace9',
    500: '#4b8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bde;
$custom-light: #8cace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.878,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63316,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BDE

secondary

#E0C6A5

accent

#9F3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BDE

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

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