#4B8EE2#4B8EE2

#4B8EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.144 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EE2
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, 5.34, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 49.23, 276.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0368 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.144 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2971, 26.3302, 75.6331)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EE2 #E29F4B

analogous

#4BDAE2 #4B8EE2 #544BE2

triadic

#4B8EE2 #E24B8E #8EE24B

tetradic

#4B8EE2 #E24BDA #E29F4B #4BE254

square

#4B8EE2 #E24BDA #E29F4B #4BE254

split-complementary

#4B8EE2 #E2544B #DAE24B

monochromatic

#19529A #216ECF #4B8EE2 #80AFEA #B4D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4B8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4B8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EE2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EE2	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.144 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeeb',
    500: '#4b8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ee2;
$custom-light: #8caeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.377,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.642,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EE2

secondary

#E2C8A7

accent

#9E39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EE2

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

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