#4B8CD9#4B8CD9

#4B8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.134 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CD9
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 3.44, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 45.66, 274.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.037 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.134 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.7996, 25.2593, 69.2008)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CD9 #D9984B

analogous

#4BD3D9 #4B8CD9 #514BD9

triadic

#4B8CD9 #D94B8C #8CD94B

tetradic

#4B8CD9 #D94BD3 #D9984B #4BD951

square

#4B8CD9 #D94BD3 #D9984B #4BD951

split-complementary

#4B8CD9 #D9514B #D3D94B

monochromatic

#1E508C #286DBF #4B8CD9 #7EACE4 #B0CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4B8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CD9

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CD9	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.134 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade5',
    500: '#4b8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cd9;
$custom-light: #8bade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.535,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63253,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.25262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CD9

secondary

#DDC2A3

accent

#9B40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CD9

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

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