#4C8AC4#4C8AC4

#4C8AC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.109 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AC4
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 196)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 29.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, -2.28, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 36.19, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.04 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.109 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0291, 23.6969, 55.6269)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AC4 #C4864C

analogous

#4CC4C2 #4C8AC4 #4C4EC4

triadic

#4C8AC4 #C44C8A #8AC44C

tetradic

#4C8AC4 #C24CC4 #C4864C #4EC44C

square

#4C8AC4 #C24CC4 #C4864C #4EC44C

split-complementary

#4C8AC4 #C44C4E #C4C24C

monochromatic

#254C71 #346B9F #4C8AC4 #7AA8D3 #A8C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4C8AC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4C8AC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AC4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AC4	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6180C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.109 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abd6',
    500: '#4c8ac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ac4;
$custom-light: #88abd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61722,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AC4

secondary

#D0B59C

accent

#924EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AC4

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

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