#4B8CE9#4B8CE9

#4B8CE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.155 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8CE9
RGB	rgb(75, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 8.95, -53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 53.88, 279.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0333 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.155 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9824, 26.1324, 80.6971)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8CE9 #E9A84B

analogous

#4BDBE9 #4B8CE9 #594BE9

triadic

#4B8CE9 #E94B8C #8CE94B

tetradic

#4B8CE9 #E94BDB #E9A84B #4BE959

square

#4B8CE9 #E94BDB #E9A84B #4BE959

split-complementary

#4B8CE9 #E9594B #DBE94B

monochromatic

#1450A5 #1B6ADC #4B8CE9 #82AFF0 #B8D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4B8CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4B8CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CE9

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8CE9	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6194ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.155 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf0',
    500: '#4b8ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ce9;
$custom-light: #8eadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.316,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.15508,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8CE9

secondary

#E6CDAA

accent

#850BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8CE9

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

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