#4C8BAF#4C8BAF

#4C8BAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.085 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BAF
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 175)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, -9.63, -25.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 26.89, 249.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% -0.0481 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.085 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9481, 23.0951, 43.9557)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BAF #AF704C

analogous

#4CAFA2 #4C8BAF #4C5AAF

triadic

#4C8BAF #AF4C8B #8BAF4C

tetradic

#4C8BAF #A24CAF #AF704C #5AAF4C

square

#4C8BAF #A24CAF #AF704C #5AAF4C

split-complementary

#4C8BAF #AF4C5A #AFA24C

monochromatic

#27475A #396984 #4C8BAF #75A7C3 #A0C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4C8BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4C8BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BAF

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BAF	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.085 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc7',
    500: '#4c8baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8baf;
$custom-light: #86acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60938,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BAF

secondary

#C2A594

accent

#8458CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BAF

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

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