#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
RGBrgb(75, 139, 222)
HSLhsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.30, 5.74, -48.37)
CIE-LCHlch(57.30, 48.71, 276.77°)
OKLaboklab(63.32% -0.0348 -0.1375)
OKLCHoklch(63.32% 0.142 255.8)
XYZxyz(25.3143, 25.2325, 72.6294)
Luminance0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4B8BDE1.003.476.056.05
#FFFFFF3.471.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0521.001.001.00
##0000006.0521.001.001.00

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

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#4B8BDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva