#4C8BB8#4C8BB8

#4C8BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.095 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB8
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -6.77, -29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 30.43, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0449 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.095 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8616, 23.4605, 48.7671)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB8 #B8794C

analogous

#4CB8AF #4C8BB8 #4C55B8

triadic

#4C8BB8 #B84C8B #8BB84C

tetradic

#4C8BB8 #AF4CB8 #B8794C #55B84C

square

#4C8BB8 #AF4CB8 #B8794C #55B84C

split-complementary

#4C8BB8 #B84C55 #B8AF4C

monochromatic

#274A63 #386B8E #4C8BB8 #78A7C9 #A4C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4C8BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4C8BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB8

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB8	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.095 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accd',
    500: '#4c8bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb8;
$custom-light: #87accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61358,
    "c": 0.09452,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB8

secondary

#C8AC98

accent

#8955D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB8

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

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