#4B8BDF#4B8BDF

#4B8BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.143 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BDF
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 6.09, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 49.22, 277.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0346 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.143 256)
XYZ	xyz(25.4487, 25.2862, 73.3373)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BDF #DF9F4B

analogous

#4BD5DF #4B8BDF #554BDF

triadic

#4B8BDF #DF4B8B #8BDF4B

tetradic

#4B8BDF #DF4BD5 #DF9F4B #4BDF55

square

#4B8BDF #DF4BD5 #DF9F4B #4BDF55

split-complementary

#4B8BDF #DF554B #D5DF4B

monochromatic

#1B5095 #246BC9 #4B8BDF #7FACE8 #B3CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4B8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BDF

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BDF	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5083DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.143 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace9',
    500: '#4b8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bdf;
$custom-light: #8cace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.054,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63373,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.25289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BDF

secondary

#E0C7A6

accent

#A03BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BDF

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

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