#4B8ED9#4B8ED9

#4B8ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.132 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B8ED9
RGBrgb(75, 142, 217)
HSLhsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.89, 2.26, -44.63)
CIE-LCHlch(57.89, 44.69, 272.89°)
OKLaboklab(63.7% -0.039 -0.1266)
OKLCHoklch(63.7% 0.132 252.9)
XYZxyz(25.0945, 25.8491, 69.2991)
Luminance0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B8ED9 #D9964B
analogous
#4BD5D9 #4B8ED9 #4F4BD9
triadic
#4B8ED9 #D94B8E #8ED94B
tetradic
#4B8ED9 #D94BD5 #D9964B #4BD94F
square
#4B8ED9 #D94BD5 #D9964B #4BD94F
split-complementary
#4B8ED9 #D94F4B #D5D94B
monochromatic
#1E528C #286FBF #4B8ED9 #7EAEE4 #B0CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40
#4B8ED9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17
#4B8ED9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8ED9
6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B8ED9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4B8ED91.003.406.176.17
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1721.001.001.00
##0000006.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D92DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5985D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b8ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.132 252.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee5',
    500: '#4b8ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b8ed9;
$custom-light: #8baee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b8ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.69,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B8ED9
secondary
#DDC2A3
accent
#9940E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4B8ED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva