#4C8AC9#4C8AC9

#4C8AC9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.116 H 250.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AC9
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 31.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -0.62, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 38.59, 269.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0385 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.116 250.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6077, 23.9284, 58.6742)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AC9 #C98B4C

analogous

#4CC9C9 #4C8AC9 #4D4CC9

triadic

#4C8AC9 #C94C8A #8AC94C

tetradic

#4C8AC9 #C94CC9 #C98B4C #4CC94D

square

#4C8AC9 #C94CC9 #C98B4C #4CC94D

split-complementary

#4C8AC9 #C94D4C #C9C94C

monochromatic

#244D77 #326BA6 #4C8AC9 #7BA9D7 #AAC7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4C8AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4C8AC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AC9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AC9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.116 250.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abd9',
    500: '#4c8ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ac9;
$custom-light: #89abd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.24,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61981,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 250.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AC9

secondary

#D3B99E

accent

#944BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AC9

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

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