#4C8BB6#4C8BB6

#4C8BB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.092 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB6
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -7.41, -28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 29.60, 255.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0456 -0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.092 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6535, 23.3773, 47.6707)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB6 #B6774C

analogous

#4CB6AC #4C8BB6 #4C56B6

triadic

#4C8BB6 #B64C8B #8BB64C

tetradic

#4C8BB6 #AC4CB6 #B6774C #56B64C

square

#4C8BB6 #AC4CB6 #B6774C #56B64C

split-complementary

#4C8BB6 #B64C56 #B6AC4C

monochromatic

#274960 #396A8C #4C8BB6 #77A7C8 #A3C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4C8BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4C8BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB6	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6980B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.092 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accc',
    500: '#4c8bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb6;
$custom-light: #87accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.34,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB6

secondary

#C6AA97

accent

#8856D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB6

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

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