#4C8AA2#4C8AA2

#4C8AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.074 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AA2
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -13.07, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 22.96, 235.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0518 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.074 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5881, 22.3205, 37.5042)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AA2 #A2644C

analogous

#4CA28F #4C8AA2 #4C5FA2

triadic

#4C8AA2 #A24C8A #8AA24C

tetradic

#4C8AA2 #8F4CA2 #A2644C #5FA24C

square

#4C8AA2 #8F4CA2 #A2644C #5FA24C

split-complementary

#4C8AA2 #A24C5F #A28F4C

monochromatic

#25434F #386778 #4C8AA2 #70A6BC #99C0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#4C8AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4C8AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AA2

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AA2	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.074 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acbd',
    500: '#4c8aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8aa2;
$custom-light: #84acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60131,
    "c": 0.07365,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AA2

secondary

#BC9B8E

accent

#7B5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AA2

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

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