#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
RGBrgb(76, 138, 217)
HSLhsl(214, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(214, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 36.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(56.80, 4.79, -46.36)
CIE-LCHlch(56.80, 46.60, 275.90°)
OKLaboklab(62.85% -0.0343 -0.1316)
OKLCHoklch(62.85% 0.136 255.4)
XYZxyz(24.5888, 24.7208, 69.1079)
Luminance0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##4C8AD91.003.535.945.94
#FFFFFF3.531.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9421.001.001.00
##0000005.9421.001.001.00

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

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#4C8AD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva