#4B8CE0#4B8CE0

#4B8CE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.143 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CE0
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 5.84, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 49.22, 276.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0353 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.143 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7294, 25.6312, 74.0979)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CE0 #E09F4B

analogous

#4BD6E0 #4B8CE0 #544BE0

triadic

#4B8CE0 #E04B8C #8CE04B

tetradic

#4B8CE0 #E04BD6 #E09F4B #4BE054

square

#4B8CE0 #E04BD6 #E09F4B #4BE054

split-complementary

#4B8CE0 #E0544B #D6E04B

monochromatic

#1A5097 #236CCB #4B8CE0 #7FADE9 #B3CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4B8CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4B8CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CE0

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CE0	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.143 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadea',
    500: '#4b8ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ce0;
$custom-light: #8cadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.826,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63649,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CE0

secondary

#E1C7A6

accent

#9F3AED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CE0

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

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