#4B8CE3#4B8CE3

#4B8CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.147 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CE3
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 6.87, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 50.77, 277.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0346 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.147 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1398, 25.7954, 76.2596)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CE3 #E3A24B

analogous

#4BD8E3 #4B8CE3 #564BE3

triadic

#4B8CE3 #E34B8C #8CE34B

tetradic

#4B8CE3 #E34BD8 #E3A24B #4BE356

square

#4B8CE3 #E34BD8 #E3A24B #4BE356

split-complementary

#4B8CE3 #E3564B #D8E34B

monochromatic

#18509B #206CD0 #4B8CE3 #80AEEB #B5D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4B8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4B8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CE3

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CE3	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.147 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadec',
    500: '#4b8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ce3;
$custom-light: #8dadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.342,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CE3

secondary

#E3C9A7

accent

#A138F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CE3

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

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