#4B8BE4#4B8BE4

#4B8BE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.150 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BE4
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 7.81, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 51.81, 278.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0334 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.15 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1328, 25.5599, 76.9401)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BE4 #E4A44B

analogous

#4BD8E4 #4B8BE4 #584BE4

triadic

#4B8BE4 #E44B8B #8BE44B

tetradic

#4B8BE4 #E44BD8 #E4A44B #4BE458

square

#4B8BE4 #E44BD8 #E4A44B #4BE458

split-complementary

#4B8BE4 #E4584B #D8E44B

monochromatic

#184F9D #206AD2 #4B8BE4 #80ADEC #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4B8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4B8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BE4

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BE4	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.150 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daced',
    500: '#4b8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8be4;
$custom-light: #8daced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.902,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.14964,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BE4

secondary

#E3CAA8

accent

#A337F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BE4

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

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