#4C8ACD#4C8ACD

#4C8ACD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.121 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ACD
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 0.72, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 40.55, 271.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0374 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.121 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0844, 24.1190, 61.1847)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ACD #CD8F4C

analogous

#4CCACD #4C8ACD #4F4CCD

triadic

#4C8ACD #CD4C8A #8ACD4C

tetradic

#4C8ACD #CD4CCA #CD8F4C #4CCD4F

square

#4C8ACD #CD4CCA #CD8F4C #4CCD4F

split-complementary

#4C8ACD #CD4F4C #CACD4C

monochromatic

#234E7C #306BAC #4C8ACD #7CA9DA #ACC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4C8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4C8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ACD

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ACD	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.121 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabdc',
    500: '#4c8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8acd;
$custom-light: #8aabdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.163,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62193,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ACD

secondary

#D5BB9F

accent

#9748E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ACD

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

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