#4C8BC4#4C8BC4

#4C8BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.109 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BC4
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(209, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -2.86, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 35.78, 265.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0411 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.109 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1733, 23.9852, 55.6749)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BC4 #C4854C

analogous

#4CC4C1 #4C8BC4 #4C4FC4

triadic

#4C8BC4 #C44C8B #8BC44C

tetradic

#4C8BC4 #C14CC4 #C4854C #4FC44C

square

#4C8BC4 #C14CC4 #C4854C #4FC44C

split-complementary

#4C8BC4 #C44C4F #C4C14C

monochromatic

#254D71 #346C9F #4C8BC4 #7AA9D3 #A8C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4C8BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4C8BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BC4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BC4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.109 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd6',
    500: '#4c8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bc4;
$custom-light: #88acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6195,
    "c": 0.10856,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BC4

secondary

#D0B59C

accent

#904EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BC4

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

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