#4C8498#4C8498

#4C8498 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.066 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8498
RGB	rgb(76, 132, 152)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -12.74, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 20.78, 232.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0485 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.066 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8971, 20.3047, 32.7284)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8498 #98604C

analogous

#4C9886 #4C8498 #4C5E98

triadic

#4C8498 #984C84 #84984C

tetradic

#4C8498 #864C98 #98604C #5E984C

square

#4C8498 #864C98 #98604C #5E984C

split-complementary

#4C8498 #984C5E #98864C

monochromatic

#233D46 #38616F #4C8498 #6CA2B5 #95BCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4C8498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4C8498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8498

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8498	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 132, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.066 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7b6',
    500: '#4c8498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8498;
$custom-light: #83a7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58267,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8498

secondary

#B6958A

accent

#7B5EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8498

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

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