#4C8BCB#4C8BCB

#4C8BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BCB
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -0.53, -39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 39.12, 269.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.039 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.117 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9887, 24.3113, 59.9694)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BCB #CB8C4C

analogous

#4CCBCB #4C8BCB #4D4CCB

triadic

#4C8BCB #CB4C8B #8BCB4C

tetradic

#4C8BCB #CB4CCB #CB8C4C #4CCB4D

square

#4C8BCB #CB4CCB #CB8C4C #4CCB4D

split-complementary

#4C8BCB #CB4D4C #CBCB4C

monochromatic

#234E79 #316CA9 #4C8BCB #7BAAD9 #ABC8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4C8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4C8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BCB

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BCB	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acdb',
    500: '#4c8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bcb;
$custom-light: #89acdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.236,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BCB

secondary

#D4BA9F

accent

#9449DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BCB

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

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