#4C8ADE#4C8ADE

#4C8ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.143 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ADE
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 6.50, -48.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 49.18, 277.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0331 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.143 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2490, 24.9849, 72.5850)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ADE #DEA04C

analogous

#4CD3DE #4C8ADE #574CDE

triadic

#4C8ADE #DE4C8A #8ADE4C

tetradic

#4C8ADE #DE4CD3 #DEA04C #4CDE57

square

#4C8ADE #DE4CD3 #DEA04C #4CDE57

split-complementary

#4C8ADE #DE574C #D3DE4C

monochromatic

#1B4F94 #256AC8 #4C8ADE #80ACE8 #B3CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4C8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4C8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ADE

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ADE	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.143 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe9',
    500: '#4c8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ade;
$custom-light: #8cabe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.521,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6314,
    "c": 0.14252,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ADE

secondary

#E0C7A6

accent

#A13CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ADE

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

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