#4C8AAB#4C8AAB

#4C8AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.081 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AAB
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -10.32, -23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 25.68, 246.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0484 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.081 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4169, 22.6520, 41.8692)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AAB #AB6D4C

analogous

#4CAB9C #4C8AAB #4C5AAB

triadic

#4C8AAB #AB4C8A #8AAB4C

tetradic

#4C8AAB #9C4CAB #AB6D4C #5AAB4C

square

#4C8AAB #9C4CAB #AB6D4C #5AAB4C

split-complementary

#4C8AAB #AB4C5A #AB9C4C

monochromatic

#264656 #396881 #4C8AAB #73A6C1 #9EC1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4C8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#4C8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AAB

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AAB	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.081 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc4',
    500: '#4c8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8aab;
$custom-light: #85acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.842,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60522,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AAB

secondary

#C0A292

accent

#8259CE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AAB

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

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