#4B8CD3#4B8CD3

#4B8CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.127 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CD3
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 1.39, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 42.65, 271.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0386 -0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.127 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0333, 24.9528, 65.1652)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CD3 #D3924B

analogous

#4BD0D3 #4B8CD3 #4E4BD3

triadic

#4B8CD3 #D34B8C #8CD34B

tetradic

#4B8CD3 #D34BD0 #D3924B #4BD34E

square

#4B8CD3 #D34BD0 #D3924B #4BD34E

split-complementary

#4B8CD3 #D34E4B #D0D34B

monochromatic

#205083 #2C6DB5 #4B8CD3 #7CABDF #ADCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4B8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4B8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CD3

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CD3	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.127 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade1',
    500: '#4b8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cd3;
$custom-light: #8aade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.324,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62922,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CD3

secondary

#D9BEA1

accent

#9744E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CD3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →