#4C8BAD#4C8BAD

#4C8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.083 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BAD
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -10.26, -24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 26.18, 246.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0488 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.083 234)
XYZ	xyz(19.7531, 23.0171, 42.9289)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BAD #AD6E4C

analogous

#4CAD9F #4C8BAD #4C5BAD

triadic

#4C8BAD #AD4C8B #8BAD4C

tetradic

#4C8BAD #9F4CAD #AD6E4C #5BAD4C

square

#4C8BAD #9F4CAD #AD6E4C #5BAD4C

split-complementary

#4C8BAD #AD4C5B #AD9F4C

monochromatic

#274758 #396982 #4C8BAD #74A7C2 #9FC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4C8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4C8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BAD

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BAD	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.083 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc5',
    500: '#4c8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bad;
$custom-light: #86acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.031,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60848,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.23019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BAD

secondary

#C1A493

accent

#8259CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BAD

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

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