#4C8BC8#4C8BC8

#4C8BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BC8
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -1.53, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 37.67, 267.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0399 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.113 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6346, 24.1697, 58.1048)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BC8 #C8894C

analogous

#4CC8C7 #4C8BC8 #4C4DC8

triadic

#4C8BC8 #C84C8B #8BC84C

tetradic

#4C8BC8 #C74CC8 #C8894C #4DC84C

square

#4C8BC8 #C74CC8 #C8894C #4DC84C

split-complementary

#4C8BC8 #C84C4D #C8C74C

monochromatic

#244D75 #326CA4 #4C8BC8 #7BA9D6 #AAC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4C8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4C8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BC8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BC8	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd9',
    500: '#4c8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bc8;
$custom-light: #89acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.516,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62155,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BC8

secondary

#D2B79E

accent

#934BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BC8

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

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