#4C8BB1#4C8BB1

#4C8BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.087 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB1
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -9.00, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 27.63, 250.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0474 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.087 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.1460, 23.1743, 44.9979)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB1 #B1724C

analogous

#4CB1A5 #4C8BB1 #4C59B1

triadic

#4C8BB1 #B14C8B #8BB14C

tetradic

#4C8BB1 #A54CB1 #B1724C #59B14C

square

#4C8BB1 #A54CB1 #B1724C #59B14C

split-complementary

#4C8BB1 #B14C59 #B1A54C

monochromatic

#27485B #3A6986 #4C8BB1 #76A7C4 #A1C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4C8BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4C8BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB1

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB1	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.087 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc8',
    500: '#4c8bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb1;
$custom-light: #86acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.574,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6103,
    "c": 0.087,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.23176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB1

secondary

#C3A795

accent

#8558D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB1

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

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