#4B8BE2#4B8BE2

#4B8BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.147 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BE2
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 7.12, -50.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 50.77, 278.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0339 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.147 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8568, 25.4495, 75.4863)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BE2 #E2A24B

analogous

#4BD6E2 #4B8BE2 #574BE2

triadic

#4B8BE2 #E24B8B #8BE24B

tetradic

#4B8BE2 #E24BD6 #E2A24B #4BE257

square

#4B8BE2 #E24BD6 #E2A24B #4BE257

split-complementary

#4B8BE2 #E2574B #D6E24B

monochromatic

#194F9A #216BCF #4B8BE2 #80ADEA #B4CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4B8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4B8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BE2

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BE2	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.147 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caceb',
    500: '#4b8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8be2;
$custom-light: #8caceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.57,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BE2

secondary

#E2C9A7

accent

#A239EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BE2

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

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