#4C8ABA#4C8ABA

#4C8ABA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.097 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ABA
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -5.55, -31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 31.62, 259.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0431 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.097 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9286, 23.2567, 49.8309)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ABA #BA7C4C

analogous

#4CBAB3 #4C8ABA #4C53BA

triadic

#4C8ABA #BA4C8A #8ABA4C

tetradic

#4C8ABA #B34CBA #BA7C4C #53BA4C

square

#4C8ABA #B34CBA #BA7C4C #53BA4C

split-complementary

#4C8ABA #BA4C53 #BAB34C

monochromatic

#274A65 #386A91 #4C8ABA #78A7CB #A4C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4C8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4C8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ABA

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ABA	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.097 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accf',
    500: '#4c8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8aba;
$custom-light: #87accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.182,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61222,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ABA

secondary

#C9AE99

accent

#8C54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ABA

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

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