#4B8EDD#4B8EDD

#4B8EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.138 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EDD
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 3.62, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 46.69, 274.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% -0.038 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.138 254)
XYZ	xyz(25.6210, 26.0597, 72.0724)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EDD #DD9A4B

analogous

#4BD7DD #4B8EDD #514BDD

triadic

#4B8EDD #DD4B8E #8EDD4B

tetradic

#4B8EDD #DD4BD7 #DD9A4B #4BDD51

square

#4B8EDD #DD4BD7 #DD9A4B #4BDD51

split-complementary

#4B8EDD #DD514B #D7DD4B

monochromatic

#1C5292 #256FC5 #4B8EDD #7EAEE7 #B2CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4B8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4B8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EDD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EDD	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.138 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caee8',
    500: '#4b8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8edd;
$custom-light: #8caee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.466,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63918,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.26062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EDD

secondary

#DFC4A5

accent

#9B3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EDD

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

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