#4C8AD9#4C8AD9

#4C8AD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.136 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AD9
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 217)
HSL	hsl(214, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 4.79, -46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 46.60, 275.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0343 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.136 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5888, 24.7208, 69.1079)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AD9 #D99B4C

analogous

#4CD1D9 #4C8AD9 #544CD9

triadic

#4C8AD9 #D94C8A #8AD94C

tetradic

#4C8AD9 #D94CD1 #D99B4C #4CD954

square

#4C8AD9 #D94CD1 #D99B4C #4CD954

split-complementary

#4C8AD9 #D9544C #D1D94C

monochromatic

#1E4F8D #296BBF #4C8AD9 #7EABE4 #B1CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4C8AD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4C8AD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AD9

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AD9	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5382D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.136 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babe5',
    500: '#4c8ad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ad9;
$custom-light: #8babe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.617,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62854,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AD9

secondary

#DDC4A4

accent

#9E40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AD9

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

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