#4C8BB5#4C8BB5

#4C8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.091 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB5
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -7.73, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 29.20, 254.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0459 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.091 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5505, 23.3361, 47.1284)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB5 #B5764C

analogous

#4CB5AA #4C8BB5 #4C56B5

triadic

#4C8BB5 #B54C8B #8BB54C

tetradic

#4C8BB5 #AA4CB5 #B5764C #56B54C

square

#4C8BB5 #AA4CB5 #B5764C #56B54C

split-complementary

#4C8BB5 #B54C56 #B5AA4C

monochromatic

#27495F #396A8B #4C8BB5 #77A7C7 #A3C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4C8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4C8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB5

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB5	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.091 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86accb',
    500: '#4c8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb5;
$custom-light: #86accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61215,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB5

secondary

#C6AA97

accent

#8856D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB5

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

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