#4B8CD5#4B8CD5

#4B8CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.129 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CD5
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 2.07, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 43.65, 272.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.038 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.129 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2856, 25.0537, 66.4939)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CD5 #D5944B

analogous

#4BD1D5 #4B8CD5 #4F4BD5

triadic

#4B8CD5 #D54B8C #8CD54B

tetradic

#4B8CD5 #D54BD1 #D5944B #4BD54F

square

#4B8CD5 #D54BD1 #D5944B #4BD54F

split-complementary

#4B8CD5 #D54F4B #D1D54B

monochromatic

#1F5086 #2B6DB8 #4B8CD5 #7DACE1 #AECBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4B8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4B8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CD5

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CD5	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.129 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade2',
    500: '#4b8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cd5;
$custom-light: #8aade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.739,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63032,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CD5

secondary

#DAC0A2

accent

#9943E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CD5

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

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