#4B8DE6#4B8DE6

#4B8DE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.150 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DE6
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 38.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, 7.31, -51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 51.79, 278.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0349 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.15 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7043, 26.2560, 78.5081)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DE6 #E6A44B

analogous

#4BDAE6 #4B8DE6 #574BE6

triadic

#4B8DE6 #E64B8D #8DE64B

tetradic

#4B8DE6 #E64BDA #E6A44B #4BE657

square

#4B8DE6 #E64BDA #E6A44B #4BE657

split-complementary

#4B8DE6 #E6574B #DAE64B

monochromatic

#1651A0 #1E6CD6 #4B8DE6 #81AFED #B6D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4B8DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4B8DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DE6

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DE6	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.150 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadee',
    500: '#4b8de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8de6;
$custom-light: #8dadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.452,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64214,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DE6

secondary

#E4CBA8

accent

#A236F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DE6

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

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