#4C8BBC#4C8BBC

#4C8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.099 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BBC
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -5.48, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 32.15, 260.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0436 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.099 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2869, 23.6306, 51.0066)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BBC #BC7D4C

analogous

#4CBCB5 #4C8BBC #4C53BC

triadic

#4C8BBC #BC4C8B #8BBC4C

tetradic

#4C8BBC #B54CBC #BC7D4C #53BC4C

square

#4C8BBC #B54CBC #BC7D4C #53BC4C

split-complementary

#4C8BBC #BC4C53 #BCB54C

monochromatic

#274B67 #376B94 #4C8BBC #79A8CD #A5C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4C8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BBC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BBC	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.099 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd0',
    500: '#4c8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bbc;
$custom-light: #87acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.25,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61551,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BBC

secondary

#CAAF99

accent

#8C53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BBC

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

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