#4C8BCD#4C8BCD

#4C8BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.120 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BCD
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 0.14, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 40.10, 270.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0384 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.12 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2285, 24.4073, 61.2327)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BCD #CD8E4C

analogous

#4CCBCD #4C8BCD #4E4CCD

triadic

#4C8BCD #CD4C8B #8BCD4C

tetradic

#4C8BCD #CD4CCB #CD8E4C #4CCD4E

square

#4C8BCD #CD4CCB #CD8E4C #4CCD4E

split-complementary

#4C8BCD #CD4E4C #CBCD4C

monochromatic

#234E7C #306CAC #4C8BCD #7CAADA #ACC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4C8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4C8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BCD

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BCD	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.120 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacdc',
    500: '#4c8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bcd;
$custom-light: #8aacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.698,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62418,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BCD

secondary

#D5BB9F

accent

#9648E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BCD

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

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