#4C8BBD#4C8BBD

#4C8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.100 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BBD
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(207, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -5.15, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 32.59, 260.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0433 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.1 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3950, 23.6739, 51.5763)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BBD #BD7E4C

analogous

#4CBDB7 #4C8BBD #4C53BD

triadic

#4C8BBD #BD4C8B #8BBD4C

tetradic

#4C8BBD #B74CBD #BD7E4C #53BD4C

square

#4C8BBD #B74CBD #BD7E4C #53BD4C

split-complementary

#4C8BBD #BD4C53 #BDB74C

monochromatic

#264B68 #376B95 #4C8BBD #79A8CD #A5C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4C8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4C8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BBD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BBD	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6681BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.100 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd1',
    500: '#4c8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bbd;
$custom-light: #87acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.549,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.616,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BBD

secondary

#CBB09A

accent

#8C52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BBD

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

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