#4B8BE1#4B8BE1

#4B8BE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.146 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BE1
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 6.78, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 50.25, 277.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0341 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.146 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7200, 25.3947, 74.7658)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BE1 #E1A14B

analogous

#4BD6E1 #4B8BE1 #564BE1

triadic

#4B8BE1 #E14B8B #8BE14B

tetradic

#4B8BE1 #E14BD6 #E1A14B #4BE156

square

#4B8BE1 #E14BD6 #E1A14B #4BE156

split-complementary

#4B8BE1 #E1564B #D6E14B

monochromatic

#194F98 #226BCD #4B8BE1 #7FADEA #B4CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4B8BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4B8BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BE1

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BE1	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.146 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caceb',
    500: '#4b8be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8be1;
$custom-light: #8caceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63489,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BE1

secondary

#E1C8A6

accent

#A13AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BE1

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

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