#4C8BA2#4C8BA2

#4C8BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.074 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BA2
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -13.63, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 22.91, 233.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.053 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.074 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7322, 22.6088, 37.5522)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BA2 #A2634C

analogous

#4CA28E #4C8BA2 #4C60A2

triadic

#4C8BA2 #A24C8B #8BA24C

tetradic

#4C8BA2 #8E4CA2 #A2634C #60A24C

square

#4C8BA2 #8E4CA2 #A2634C #60A24C

split-complementary

#4C8BA2 #A24C60 #A28E4C

monochromatic

#25444F #386778 #4C8BA2 #70A7BC #99C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4C8BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4C8BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BA2

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BA2	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.074 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adbd',
    500: '#4c8ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ba2;
$custom-light: #84adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60372,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BA2

secondary

#BC9A8E

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BA2

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

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