#4C8ABB#4C8ABB

#4C8ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ABB
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -5.23, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 32.06, 260.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0428 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.099 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0353, 23.2994, 50.3928)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ABB #BB7D4C

analogous

#4CBBB4 #4C8ABB #4C53BB

triadic

#4C8ABB #BB4C8A #8ABB4C

tetradic

#4C8ABB #B44CBB #BB7D4C #53BB4C

square

#4C8ABB #B44CBB #BB7D4C #53BB4C

split-complementary

#4C8ABB #BB4C53 #BBB44C

monochromatic

#274A66 #386A92 #4C8ABB #78A7CC #A5C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4C8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4C8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ABB

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ABB	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accf',
    500: '#4c8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8abb;
$custom-light: #87accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.486,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ABB

secondary

#CAAF99

accent

#8C53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ABB

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

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