#4B8BEC#4B8BEC

#4B8BEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.160 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8BEC
RGB	rgb(75, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 10.59, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 55.98, 280.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0317 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.16 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2691, 26.0144, 82.9248)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8BEC #ECAC4B

analogous

#4BDCEC #4B8BEC #5B4BEC

triadic

#4B8BEC #EC4B8B #8BEC4B

tetradic

#4B8BEC #EC4BDC #ECAC4B #4BEC5B

square

#4B8BEC #EC4BDC #ECAC4B #4BEC5B

split-complementary

#4B8BEC #EC5B4B #DCEC4B

monochromatic

#124FAB #1868E2 #4B8BEC #82AFF2 #BAD2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4B8BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4B8BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8BEC

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8BEC	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4385EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.160 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacf3',
    500: '#4b8bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8bec;
$custom-light: #8eacf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.149,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64142,
    "c": 0.16006,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8BEC

secondary

#E8D0AB

accent

#8908DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8BEC

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

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