#4C8BC5#4C8BC5

#4C8BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.110 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BC5
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(209, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -2.53, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 36.25, 266.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0408 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.11 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2875, 24.0309, 56.2764)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BC5 #C5864C

analogous

#4CC5C2 #4C8BC5 #4C4EC5

triadic

#4C8BC5 #C54C8B #8BC54C

tetradic

#4C8BC5 #C24CC5 #C5864C #4EC54C

square

#4C8BC5 #C24CC5 #C5864C #4EC54C

split-complementary

#4C8BC5 #C54C4E #C5C24C

monochromatic

#254D72 #346CA0 #4C8BC5 #7AA9D4 #A8C7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4C8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4C8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BC5

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BC5	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.110 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd7',
    500: '#4c8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bc5;
$custom-light: #88acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.76,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62001,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BC5

secondary

#D0B59C

accent

#914DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BC5

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

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