#4B8BE0#4B8BE0

#4B8BE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.144 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BE0
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 6.43, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 49.74, 277.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0343 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.144 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5839, 25.3403, 74.0494)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BE0 #E0A04B

analogous

#4BD5E0 #4B8BE0 #554BE0

triadic

#4B8BE0 #E04B8B #8BE04B

tetradic

#4B8BE0 #E04BD5 #E0A04B #4BE055

square

#4B8BE0 #E04BD5 #E0A04B #4BE055

split-complementary

#4B8BE0 #E0554B #D5E04B

monochromatic

#1A5097 #236BCB #4B8BE0 #7FADE9 #B3CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4B8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4B8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BE0

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BE0	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.144 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacea',
    500: '#4b8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8be0;
$custom-light: #8cacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.228,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BE0

secondary

#E1C8A6

accent

#A13AED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BE0

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

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