#4B8CDA#4B8CDA

#4B8CDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.136 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CDA
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 35.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 3.78, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 46.16, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0368 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.136 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9300, 25.3115, 69.8879)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CDA #DA994B

analogous

#4BD4DA #4B8CDA #514BDA

triadic

#4B8CDA #DA4B8C #8CDA4B

tetradic

#4B8CDA #DA4BD4 #DA994B #4BDA51

square

#4B8CDA #DA4BD4 #DA994B #4BDA51

split-complementary

#4B8CDA #DA514B #D4DA4B

monochromatic

#1D508E #286DC0 #4B8CDA #7EACE4 #B1CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4B8CDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4B8CDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CDA

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CDA	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5584D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.136 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade6',
    500: '#4b8cda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cda;
$custom-light: #8bade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63309,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CDA

secondary

#DDC3A4

accent

#9C3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CDA

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

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