#4B8ECD#4B8ECD

#4B8ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ECD
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -1.80, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 38.85, 267.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0423 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.117 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5900, 25.2473, 61.3758)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ECD #CD8A4B

analogous

#4BCDCB #4B8ECD #4B4DCD

triadic

#4B8ECD #CD4B8E #8ECD4B

tetradic

#4B8ECD #CB4BCD #CD8A4B #4DCD4B

square

#4B8ECD #CB4BCD #CD8A4B #4DCD4B

split-complementary

#4B8ECD #CD4B4D #CDCB4B

monochromatic

#22507B #306FAB #4B8ECD #7BACDA #ABCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4B8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ECD

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ECD	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedc',
    500: '#4b8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ecd;
$custom-light: #89aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63053,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ECD

secondary

#D5B99F

accent

#9248E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ECD

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

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