#4B8CDD#4B8CDD

#4B8CDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.140 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B8CDD
RGBrgb(75, 140, 221)
HSLhsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSVhsv(213, 66%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(57.53, 4.80, -47.45)
CIE-LCHlch(57.53, 47.69, 275.78°)
OKLaboklab(63.48% -0.036 -0.1348)
OKLCHoklch(63.48% 0.14 255)
XYZxyz(25.3261, 25.4699, 71.9741)
Luminance0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B8CDD #DD9C4B
analogous
#4BD5DD #4B8CDD #534BDD
triadic
#4B8CDD #DD4B8C #8CDD4B
tetradic
#4B8CDD #DD4BD5 #DD9C4B #4BDD53
square
#4B8CDD #DD4BD5 #DD9C4B #4BDD53
split-complementary
#4B8CDD #DD534B #D5DD4B
monochromatic
#1C5092 #256DC5 #4B8CDD #7EADE7 #B2CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#4B8CDD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09
#4B8CDD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CDD
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B8CDD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4B8CDD1.003.456.096.09
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0921.001.001.00
##0000006.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6892E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5384DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b8cdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.140 255.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade8',
    500: '#4b8cdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b8cdd;
$custom-light: #8cade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b8cdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.288,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B8CDD
secondary
#DFC5A5
accent
#9D3DEB
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4B8CDD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva