#4B8DEC#4B8DEC

#4B8DEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.158 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8DEC
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, 9.39, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 54.90, 279.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0336 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.158 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5614, 26.5989, 83.0222)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8DEC #ECAA4B

analogous

#4BDDEC #4B8DEC #594BEC

triadic

#4B8DEC #EC4B8D #8DEC4B

tetradic

#4B8DEC #EC4BDD #ECAA4B #4BEC59

square

#4B8DEC #EC4BDD #ECAA4B #4BEC59

split-complementary

#4B8DEC #EC594B #DDEC4B

monochromatic

#1251AB #186BE2 #4B8DEC #82B0F2 #BAD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#4B8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#4B8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8DEC

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8DEC	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6195F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.158 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf2',
    500: '#4b8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8dec;
$custom-light: #8eadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.404,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64569,
    "c": 0.15789,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8DEC

secondary

#E8CFAB

accent

#8608DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8DEC

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

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