#4B8DE0#4B8DE0

#4B8DE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.142 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DE0
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 5.24, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 48.71, 276.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0363 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.142 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8762, 25.9248, 74.1468)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DE0 #E09E4B

analogous

#4BD7E0 #4B8DE0 #534BE0

triadic

#4B8DE0 #E04B8D #8DE04B

tetradic

#4B8DE0 #E04BD7 #E09E4B #4BE053

square

#4B8DE0 #E04BD7 #E09E4B #4BE053

split-complementary

#4B8DE0 #E0534B #D7E04B

monochromatic

#1A5197 #236DCB #4B8DE0 #7FAEE9 #B3CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4B8DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4B8DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DE0

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DE0	1.00	3.40	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.142 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadea',
    500: '#4b8de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8de0;
$custom-light: #8cadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.423,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63868,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DE0

secondary

#E1C7A6

accent

#9E3AED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DE0

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

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