#4B8EE9#4B8EE9

#4B8EE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.153 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EE9
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 7.75, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 52.82, 278.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0352 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.153 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2773, 26.7222, 80.7954)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EE9 #E9A64B

analogous

#4BDDE9 #4B8EE9 #574BE9

triadic

#4B8EE9 #E94B8E #8EE94B

tetradic

#4B8EE9 #E94BDD #E9A64B #4BE957

square

#4B8EE9 #E94BDD #E9A64B #4BE957

split-complementary

#4B8EE9 #E9574B #DDE94B

monochromatic

#1452A5 #1B6DDC #4B8EE9 #82B0F0 #B8D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4B8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4B8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EE9

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EE9	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.153 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaef0',
    500: '#4b8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8ee9;
$custom-light: #8eaef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64606,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EE9

secondary

#E6CCAA

accent

#830BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EE9

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

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