#4B8DDE#4B8DDE

#4B8DDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.140 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DDE
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 4.55, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 47.70, 275.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0368 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.14 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6065, 25.8169, 72.7268)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DDE #DE9C4B

analogous

#4BD7DE #4B8DDE #524BDE

triadic

#4B8DDE #DE4B8D #8DDE4B

tetradic

#4B8DDE #DE4BD7 #DE9C4B #4BDE52

square

#4B8DDE #DE4BD7 #DE9C4B #4BDE52

split-complementary

#4B8DDE #DE524B #D7DE4B

monochromatic

#1B5194 #256EC7 #4B8DDE #7FAEE7 #B2CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4B8DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4B8DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DDE

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DDE	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6993E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.140 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade8',
    500: '#4b8dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dde;
$custom-light: #8cade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.061,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63754,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DDE

secondary

#E0C5A5

accent

#9D3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DDE

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

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