#4B8CD8#4B8CD8

#4B8CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.133 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CD8
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 3.09, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 45.15, 273.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0373 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.133 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6699, 25.2074, 68.5178)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CD8 #D8974B

analogous

#4BD3D8 #4B8CD8 #504BD8

triadic

#4B8CD8 #D84B8C #8CD84B

tetradic

#4B8CD8 #D84BD3 #D8974B #4BD850

square

#4B8CD8 #D84BD3 #D8974B #4BD850

split-complementary

#4B8CD8 #D8504B #D3D84B

monochromatic

#1E508B #296DBD #4B8CD8 #7DACE3 #B0CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4B8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4B8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CD8

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CD8	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.133 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade4',
    500: '#4b8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cd8;
$custom-light: #8bade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.34,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63197,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CD8

secondary

#DCC2A3

accent

#9A40E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CD8

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

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