#4B8BE3#4B8BE3

#4B8BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.148 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BE3
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 7.47, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 51.29, 278.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0336 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.148 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9944, 25.5045, 76.2111)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BE3 #E3A34B

analogous

#4BD7E3 #4B8BE3 #574BE3

triadic

#4B8BE3 #E34B8B #8BE34B

tetradic

#4B8BE3 #E34BD7 #E3A34B #4BE357

square

#4B8BE3 #E34BD7 #E3A34B #4BE357

split-complementary

#4B8BE3 #E3574B #D7E34B

monochromatic

#184F9B #206BD0 #4B8BE3 #80ADEB #B5CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4B8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4B8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BE3

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BE3	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.148 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacec',
    500: '#4b8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8be3;
$custom-light: #8dacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63606,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BE3

secondary

#E3CAA7

accent

#A238F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BE3

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

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