#4C8AB2#4C8AB2

#4C8AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.089 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AB2
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -8.12, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 28.28, 253.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0459 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.089 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1019, 22.9260, 45.4767)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AB2 #B2744C

analogous

#4CB2A7 #4C8AB2 #4C57B2

triadic

#4C8AB2 #B24C8A #8AB24C

tetradic

#4C8AB2 #A74CB2 #B2744C #57B24C

square

#4C8AB2 #A74CB2 #B2744C #57B24C

split-complementary

#4C8AB2 #B24C57 #B2A74C

monochromatic

#27475C #3A6987 #4C8AB2 #76A6C5 #A1C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4C8AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4C8AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AB2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AB2	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.089 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc9',
    500: '#4c8ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ab2;
$custom-light: #86acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.529,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60841,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AB2

secondary

#C4A896

accent

#8758D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AB2

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

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