#4C8BB4#4C8BB4

#4C8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.090 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB4
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -8.05, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 28.80, 253.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0463 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.09 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4483, 23.2952, 46.5900)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB4 #B4754C

analogous

#4CB4A9 #4C8BB4 #4C57B4

triadic

#4C8BB4 #B44C8B #8BB44C

tetradic

#4C8BB4 #A94CB4 #B4754C #57B44C

square

#4C8BB4 #A94CB4 #B4754C #57B44C

split-complementary

#4C8BB4 #B44C57 #B4A94C

monochromatic

#27495E #3A6A89 #4C8BB4 #77A7C6 #A2C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4C8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#4C8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB4	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.090 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acca',
    500: '#4c8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb4;
$custom-light: #86acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.654,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61169,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB4

secondary

#C5A997

accent

#8757D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB4

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

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