#4B8ECE#4B8ECE

#4B8ECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ECE
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -1.46, -39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 39.32, 267.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.042 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.119 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7111, 25.2958, 62.0135)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ECE #CE8B4B

analogous

#4BCECC #4B8ECE #4B4DCE

triadic

#4B8ECE #CE4B8E #8ECE4B

tetradic

#4B8ECE #CC4BCE #CE8B4B #4DCE4B

square

#4B8ECE #CC4BCE #CE8B4B #4DCE4B

split-complementary

#4B8ECE #CE4B4D #CECC4B

monochromatic

#22507D #2F6FAD #4B8ECE #7BACDB #ABCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4B8ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4B8ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ECE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ECE	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6084CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedd',
    500: '#4b8ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ece;
$custom-light: #89aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.313,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ECE

secondary

#D6BA9F

accent

#9247E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ECE

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

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