#4C8ACE#4C8ACE

#4C8ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.122 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ACE
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 1.06, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 41.05, 271.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0371 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.122 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2055, 24.1675, 61.8224)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ACE #CE904C

analogous

#4CCBCE #4C8ACE #4F4CCE

triadic

#4C8ACE #CE4C8A #8ACE4C

tetradic

#4C8ACE #CE4CCB #CE904C #4CCE4F

square

#4C8ACE #CE4CCB #CE904C #4CCE4F

split-complementary

#4C8ACE #CE4F4C #CBCE4C

monochromatic

#224E7D #2F6BAD #4C8ACE #7CA9DB #ACC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4C8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4C8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ACE

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ACE	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.122 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabdd',
    500: '#4c8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ace;
$custom-light: #8aabdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62247,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ACE

secondary

#D6BCA0

accent

#9748E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ACE

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

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