#4B8DD9#4B8DD9

#4B8DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.133 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DD9
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, 2.84, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 45.17, 273.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.038 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.133 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9463, 25.5529, 69.2497)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DD9 #D9974B

analogous

#4BD4D9 #4B8DD9 #504BD9

triadic

#4B8DD9 #D94B8D #8DD94B

tetradic

#4B8DD9 #D94BD4 #D9974B #4BD950

square

#4B8DD9 #D94BD4 #D9974B #4BD950

split-complementary

#4B8DD9 #D9504B #D4D94B

monochromatic

#1E518C #286EBF #4B8DD9 #7EADE4 #B0CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4B8DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4B8DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DD9

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DD9	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.133 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee5',
    500: '#4b8dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dd9;
$custom-light: #8baee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.113,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DD9

secondary

#DDC2A3

accent

#9A40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DD9

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

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