#4B8ED8#4B8ED8

#4B8ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.131 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8ED8
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 1.92, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 44.19, 272.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0393 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.131 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9648, 25.7972, 68.6161)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8ED8 #D8954B

analogous

#4BD5D8 #4B8ED8 #4E4BD8

triadic

#4B8ED8 #D84B8E #8ED84B

tetradic

#4B8ED8 #D84BD5 #D8954B #4BD84E

square

#4B8ED8 #D84BD5 #D8954B #4BD84E

split-complementary

#4B8ED8 #D84E4B #D5D84B

monochromatic

#1E528B #296FBD #4B8ED8 #7DAEE3 #B0CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4B8ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4B8ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ED8

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8ED8	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.131 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee4',
    500: '#4b8ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ed8;
$custom-light: #8baee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.489,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63641,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8ED8

secondary

#DCC1A3

accent

#9840E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8ED8

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

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