#4B8CDC#4B8CDC

#4B8CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.138 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CDC
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 4.46, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 47.18, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0363 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.138 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1933, 25.4168, 71.2745)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CDC #DC9B4B

analogous

#4BD5DC #4B8CDC #524BDC

triadic

#4B8CDC #DC4B8C #8CDC4B

tetradic

#4B8CDC #DC4BD5 #DC9B4B #4BDC52

square

#4B8CDC #DC4BD5 #DC9B4B #4BDC52

split-complementary

#4B8CDC #DC524B #D5DC4B

monochromatic

#1C5091 #266DC4 #4B8CDC #7EADE6 #B1CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4B8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4B8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CDC

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CDC	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.138 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade7',
    500: '#4b8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8cdc;
$custom-light: #8bade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CDC

secondary

#DEC4A4

accent

#9D3DEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CDC

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

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