#4C8AAE#4C8AAE

#4C8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.084 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AAE
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -9.38, -25.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 26.75, 249.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0473 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.084 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7061, 22.7677, 43.3923)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AAE #AE704C

analogous

#4CAEA1 #4C8AAE #4C59AE

triadic

#4C8AAE #AE4C8A #8AAE4C

tetradic

#4C8AAE #A14CAE #AE704C #59AE4C

square

#4C8AAE #A14CAE #AE704C #59AE4C

split-complementary

#4C8AAE #AE4C59 #AEA14C

monochromatic

#274659 #396883 #4C8AAE #75A6C3 #9FC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4C8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4C8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AAE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AAE	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.084 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc6',
    500: '#4c8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8aae;
$custom-light: #86acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.041,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.08441,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AAE

secondary

#C2A594

accent

#8459CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AAE

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

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