#4C8AE0#4C8AE0

#4C8AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.145 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AE0
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 7.19, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 50.22, 278.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0326 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.145 257)
XYZ	xyz(25.5187, 25.0927, 74.0051)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AE0 #E0A24C

analogous

#4CD4E0 #4C8AE0 #584CE0

triadic

#4C8AE0 #E04C8A #8AE04C

tetradic

#4C8AE0 #E04CD4 #E0A24C #4CE058

square

#4C8AE0 #E04CD4 #E0A24C #4CE058

split-complementary

#4C8AE0 #E0584C #D4E04C

monochromatic

#1A4F97 #236ACC #4C8AE0 #80ACE9 #B4CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4C8AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4C8AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AE0

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AE0	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.145 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabea',
    500: '#4c8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ae0;
$custom-light: #8dabea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.865,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63255,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.25095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AE0

secondary

#E1C9A7

accent

#A23BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AE0

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

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