#4C8BBA#4C8BBA

#4C8BBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.097 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BBA
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -6.13, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 31.28, 258.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0443 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.097 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0728, 23.5450, 49.8790)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BBA #BA7B4C

analogous

#4CBAB2 #4C8BBA #4C54BA

triadic

#4C8BBA #BA4C8B #8BBA4C

tetradic

#4C8BBA #B24CBA #BA7B4C #54BA4C

square

#4C8BBA #B24CBA #BA7B4C #54BA4C

split-complementary

#4C8BBA #BA4C54 #BAB24C

monochromatic

#274A65 #386B91 #4C8BBA #78A8CB #A4C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4C8BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BBA

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BBA	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.097 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accf',
    500: '#4c8bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bba;
$custom-light: #87accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.636,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61454,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BBA

secondary

#C9AD99

accent

#8B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BBA

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

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