#4C8BC9#4C8BC9

#4C8BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 249.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BC9
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 201)
HSL	hsl(210, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 30.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -1.20, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 38.15, 268.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0396 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.115 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7519, 24.2166, 58.7223)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BC9 #C98A4C

analogous

#4CC9C9 #4C8BC9 #4C4DC9

triadic

#4C8BC9 #C94C8B #8BC94C

tetradic

#4C8BC9 #C94CC9 #C98A4C #4DC94C

square

#4C8BC9 #C94CC9 #C98A4C #4DC94C

split-complementary

#4C8BC9 #C94C4D #C9C94C

monochromatic

#244E77 #326CA6 #4C8BC9 #7BA9D7 #AAC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4C8BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4C8BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BC9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BC9	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd9',
    500: '#4c8bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bc9;
$custom-light: #89acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.76,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62207,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BC9

secondary

#D3B89E

accent

#934BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BC9

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

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