#4C8ACB#4C8ACB

#4C8ACB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.118 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ACB
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 32%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 0.05, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 39.57, 270.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0379 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.118 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8445, 24.0231, 59.9214)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ACB #CB8D4C

analogous

#4CC9CB #4C8ACB #4E4CCB

triadic

#4C8ACB #CB4C8A #8ACB4C

tetradic

#4C8ACB #CB4CC9 #CB8D4C #4CCB4E

square

#4C8ACB #CB4CC9 #CB8D4C #4CCB4E

split-complementary

#4C8ACB #CB4E4C #C9CB4C

monochromatic

#234D79 #316BA9 #4C8ACB #7BA9D9 #ABC8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4C8ACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4C8ACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ACB

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ACB	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8acb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.118 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abdb',
    500: '#4c8acb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8acb;
$custom-light: #89abdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8acb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.709,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62087,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ACB

secondary

#D4BA9F

accent

#9649DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ACB

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

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