#4C8ABC#4C8ABC

#4C8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.100 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ABC
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -4.90, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 32.51, 261.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0425 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.1 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1427, 23.3424, 50.9585)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ABC #BC7E4C

analogous

#4CBCB6 #4C8ABC #4C52BC

triadic

#4C8ABC #BC4C8A #8ABC4C

tetradic

#4C8ABC #B64CBC #BC7E4C #52BC4C

square

#4C8ABC #B64CBC #BC7E4C #52BC4C

split-complementary

#4C8ABC #BC4C52 #BCB64C

monochromatic

#274A67 #376A94 #4C8ABC #79A7CD #A5C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4C8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4C8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ABC

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ABC	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.100 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd0',
    500: '#4c8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8abc;
$custom-light: #87acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.786,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6132,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ABC

secondary

#CAAF99

accent

#8D53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ABC

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

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