#4C8BA8#4C8BA8

#4C8BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.078 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BA8
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, -11.80, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 24.54, 241.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0507 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.078 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2783, 22.8272, 40.4284)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BA8 #A8694C

analogous

#4CA897 #4C8BA8 #4C5DA8

triadic

#4C8BA8 #A84C8B #8BA84C

tetradic

#4C8BA8 #974CA8 #A8694C #5DA84C

square

#4C8BA8 #974CA8 #A8694C #5DA84C

split-complementary

#4C8BA8 #A84C5D #A8974C

monochromatic

#264554 #39687E #4C8BA8 #72A7BF #9CC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4C8BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4C8BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BA8

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BA8	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.078 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc2',
    500: '#4c8ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ba8;
$custom-light: #85acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.913,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BA8

secondary

#BF9F91

accent

#7F5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BA8

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

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