#4B8DD3#4B8DD3

#4B8DD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.126 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DD3
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 33.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 0.81, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 42.19, 271.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0396 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.126 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1801, 25.2464, 65.2141)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DD3 #D3914B

analogous

#4BD1D3 #4B8DD3 #4D4BD3

triadic

#4B8DD3 #D34B8D #8DD34B

tetradic

#4B8DD3 #D34BD1 #D3914B #4BD34D

square

#4B8DD3 #D34BD1 #D3914B #4BD34D

split-complementary

#4B8DD3 #D34D4B #D1D34B

monochromatic

#205083 #2C6EB5 #4B8DD3 #7CACDF #ADCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8DD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4B8DD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DD3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DD3	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F91D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C84D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.126 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee1',
    500: '#4b8dd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dd3;
$custom-light: #8aaee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63146,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DD3

secondary

#D9BEA1

accent

#9644E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DD3

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

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