#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
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 36.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 4.80, -47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 47.69, 275.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.036 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.14 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.3261, 25.4699, 71.9741)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##4B8CDD	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4B8CDD

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

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