#4B8CE1#4B8CE1

#4B8CE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.145 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CE1
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 37.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 6.18, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 49.74, 277.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0351 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.145 256)
XYZ	xyz(25.8654, 25.6856, 74.8143)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CE1 #E1A04B

analogous

#4BD7E1 #4B8CE1 #554BE1

triadic

#4B8CE1 #E14B8C #8CE14B

tetradic

#4B8CE1 #E14BD7 #E1A04B #4BE155

square

#4B8CE1 #E14BD7 #E1A04B #4BE155

split-complementary

#4B8CE1 #E1554B #D7E14B

monochromatic

#195098 #226CCD #4B8CE1 #7FAEEA #B4CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4B8CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4B8CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CE1

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CE1	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.145 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadeb',
    500: '#4b8ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ce1;
$custom-light: #8cadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63707,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.25688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CE1

secondary

#E1C8A6

accent

#A03AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CE1

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

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