#4B8BE8#4B8BE8

#4B8BE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.155 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BE8
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(216, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 9.20, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 53.89, 279.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0326 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.155 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6945, 25.7846, 79.8984)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BE8 #E8A84B

analogous

#4BDAE8 #4B8BE8 #594BE8

triadic

#4B8BE8 #E84B8B #8BE84B

tetradic

#4B8BE8 #E84BDA #E8A84B #4BE859

square

#4B8BE8 #E84BDA #E8A84B #4BE859

split-complementary

#4B8BE8 #E8594B #DAE84B

monochromatic

#154FA4 #1C69DA #4B8BE8 #81AEEF #B8D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4B8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4B8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BE8

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BE8	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6093EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.155 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacf0',
    500: '#4b8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8be8;
$custom-light: #8dacf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.541,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63901,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BE8

secondary

#E6CDA9

accent

#860CDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BE8

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

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