#4C8BB3#4C8BB3

#4C8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.089 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB3
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, -8.37, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 28.40, 252.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0466 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.089 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3468, 23.2546, 46.0554)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB3 #B3744C

analogous

#4CB3A7 #4C8BB3 #4C58B3

triadic

#4C8BB3 #B34C8B #8BB34C

tetradic

#4C8BB3 #A74CB3 #B3744C #58B34C

square

#4C8BB3 #A74CB3 #B3744C #58B34C

split-complementary

#4C8BB3 #B34C58 #B3A74C

monochromatic

#28485D #3A6A88 #4C8BB3 #77A7C5 #A2C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4C8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4C8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB3

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB3	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.089 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acca',
    500: '#4c8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb3;
$custom-light: #86acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.301,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61122,
    "c": 0.08909,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB3

secondary

#C4A896

accent

#8658D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB3

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

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