#4B8EC2#4B8EC2

#4B8EC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.104 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EC2
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 194)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 26.8%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -5.44, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 33.82, 260.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0457 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.104 244)
XYZ	xyz(22.3086, 24.7348, 54.6271)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EC2 #C27F4B

analogous

#4BC2BA #4B8EC2 #4B53C2

triadic

#4B8EC2 #C24B8E #8EC24B

tetradic

#4B8EC2 #BA4BC2 #C27F4B #53C24B

square

#4B8EC2 #BA4BC2 #C27F4B #53C24B

split-complementary

#4B8EC2 #C24B53 #C2BA4B

monochromatic

#254E6D #356E9B #4B8EC2 #79ABD1 #A6C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4B8EC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4B8EC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EC2

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EC2	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.104 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed4',
    500: '#4b8ec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ec2;
$custom-light: #88aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62495,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.24737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EC2

secondary

#CEB19B

accent

#8B4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EC2

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

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