#4B8CD4#4B8CD4

#4B8CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.128 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CD4
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 1.73, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 43.15, 272.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0383 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.128 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1591, 25.0031, 65.8275)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CD4 #D4934B

analogous

#4BD1D4 #4B8CD4 #4F4BD4

triadic

#4B8CD4 #D44B8C #8CD44B

tetradic

#4B8CD4 #D44BD1 #D4934B #4BD44F

square

#4B8CD4 #D44BD1 #D4934B #4BD44F

split-complementary

#4B8CD4 #D44F4B #D1D44B

monochromatic

#205085 #2C6DB6 #4B8CD4 #7CACE0 #AECBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4B8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4B8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CD4

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CD4	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.128 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade1',
    500: '#4b8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cd4;
$custom-light: #8aade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.533,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CD4

secondary

#DABFA1

accent

#9843E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CD4

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

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