#4C8BB9#4C8BB9

#4C8BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.096 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BB9
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -6.45, -30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 30.86, 257.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0446 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.096 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9668, 23.5026, 49.3211)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BB9 #B97A4C

analogous

#4CB9B0 #4C8BB9 #4C54B9

triadic

#4C8BB9 #B94C8B #8BB94C

tetradic

#4C8BB9 #B04CB9 #B97A4C #54B94C

square

#4C8BB9 #B04CB9 #B97A4C #54B94C

split-complementary

#4C8BB9 #B94C54 #B9B04C

monochromatic

#274A64 #386B90 #4C8BB9 #78A8CA #A4C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4C8BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BB9

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BB9	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.096 242.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acce',
    500: '#4c8bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bb9;
$custom-light: #87acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.321,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61405,
    "c": 0.09564,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BB9

secondary

#C8AD98

accent

#8A54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BB9

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

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