#4B8EE6#4B8EE6

#4B8EE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.149 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EE6
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 6.71, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 51.27, 277.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0358 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.149 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8524, 26.5523, 78.5575)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EE6 #E6A34B

analogous

#4BDBE6 #4B8EE6 #564BE6

triadic

#4B8EE6 #E64B8E #8EE64B

tetradic

#4B8EE6 #E64BDB #E6A34B #4BE656

square

#4B8EE6 #E64BDB #E6A34B #4BE656

split-complementary

#4B8EE6 #E6564B #DBE64B

monochromatic

#1652A0 #1E6DD6 #4B8EE6 #81B0ED #B6D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4B8EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4B8EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EE6

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EE6	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6695EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.149 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeee',
    500: '#4b8ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ee6;
$custom-light: #8daeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.065,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64431,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EE6

secondary

#E4CAA8

accent

#A136F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EE6

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

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