#4C8BB2#4C8BB2

#4C8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.088 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB2
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -8.69, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 28.01, 251.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.047 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.088 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2460, 23.2143, 45.5247)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB2 #B2734C

analogous

#4CB2A6 #4C8BB2 #4C58B2

triadic

#4C8BB2 #B24C8B #8BB24C

tetradic

#4C8BB2 #A64CB2 #B2734C #58B24C

square

#4C8BB2 #A64CB2 #B2734C #58B24C

split-complementary

#4C8BB2 #B24C58 #B2A64C

monochromatic

#27485C #3A6A87 #4C8BB2 #76A7C5 #A1C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4C8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4C8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB2

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB2	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.088 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc9',
    500: '#4c8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb2;
$custom-light: #86acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61076,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB2

secondary

#C4A796

accent

#8658D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB2

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

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