#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
RGBrgb(75, 139, 224)
HSLhsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSVhsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.41, 6.43, -49.32)
CIE-LCHlch(57.41, 49.74, 277.43°)
OKLaboklab(63.43% -0.0343 -0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(63.43% 0.144 256.3)
XYZxyz(25.5839, 25.3403, 74.0494)
Luminance0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4B8BE01.003.466.076.07
#FFFFFF3.461.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0721.001.001.00
##0000006.0721.001.001.00

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

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#4B8BE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva