#4B8CEC#4B8CEC

#4B8CEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.159 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B8CEC
RGBrgb(75, 140, 236)
HSLhsl(216, 81%, 61%)
HSVhsv(216, 68%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(68.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(58.33, 9.99, -54.53)
CIE-LCHlch(58.33, 55.44, 280.38°)
OKLaboklab(64.35% -0.0327 -0.1556)
OKLCHoklch(64.35% 0.159 258.1)
XYZxyz(27.4146, 26.3053, 82.9733)
Luminance0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B8CEC #ECAB4B
analogous
#4BDDEC #4B8CEC #5A4BEC
triadic
#4B8CEC #EC4B8C #8CEC4B
tetradic
#4B8CEC #EC4BDD #ECAB4B #4BEC5A
square
#4B8CEC #EC4BDD #ECAB4B #4BEC5A
split-complementary
#4B8CEC #EC5A4B #DDEC4B
monochromatic
#1250AB #1869E2 #4B8CEC #82AFF2 #BAD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35
#4B8CEC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26
#4B8CEC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8CEC
6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B8CEC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4B8CEC1.003.356.266.26
#FFFFFF3.351.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2621.001.001.00
##0000006.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F94F0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4585EA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A2B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.159 258.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf3',
    500: '#4b8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b8cec;
$custom-light: #8eadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.776,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64355,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B8CEC
secondary
#E8CFAB
accent
#8708DD
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1017
muted
#7E7F85

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#4B8CEC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva