#4B8CE4#4B8CE4

#4B8CE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.149 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CE4
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 38.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 7.21, -50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 51.28, 278.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0344 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.149 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2782, 25.8508, 76.9886)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CE4 #E4A34B

analogous

#4BD8E4 #4B8CE4 #574BE4

triadic

#4B8CE4 #E44B8C #8CE44B

tetradic

#4B8CE4 #E44BD8 #E4A34B #4BE457

square

#4B8CE4 #E44BD8 #E4A34B #4BE457

split-complementary

#4B8CE4 #E4574B #D8E44B

monochromatic

#18509D #206BD2 #4B8CE4 #80AEEC #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4B8CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4B8CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CE4

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CE4	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6493E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.149 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daded',
    500: '#4b8ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ce4;
$custom-light: #8daded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.51,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63881,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CE4

secondary

#E3CAA8

accent

#A237F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CE4

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

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