#4C8AAD#4C8AAD

#4C8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.083 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AAD
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -9.69, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 26.39, 248.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0476 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.083 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6090, 22.7289, 42.8808)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AAD #AD6F4C

analogous

#4CADA0 #4C8AAD #4C5AAD

triadic

#4C8AAD #AD4C8A #8AAD4C

tetradic

#4C8AAD #A04CAD #AD6F4C #5AAD4C

square

#4C8AAD #A04CAD #AD6F4C #5AAD4C

split-complementary

#4C8AAD #AD4C5A #ADA04C

monochromatic

#274658 #396882 #4C8AAD #74A6C2 #9FC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4C8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4C8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AAD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AAD	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.083 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc5',
    500: '#4c8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8aad;
$custom-light: #85acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.649,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60612,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AAD

secondary

#C1A493

accent

#8359CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AAD

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

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