#4C8BCE#4C8BCE

#4C8BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.121 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BCE
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 0.47, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 40.59, 270.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0382 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.121 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3496, 24.4557, 61.8705)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BCE #CE8F4C

analogous

#4CCCCE #4C8BCE #4E4CCE

triadic

#4C8BCE #CE4C8B #8BCE4C

tetradic

#4C8BCE #CE4CCC #CE8F4C #4CCE4E

square

#4C8BCE #CE4CCC #CE8F4C #4CCE4E

split-complementary

#4C8BCE #CE4E4C #CCCE4C

monochromatic

#224E7D #2F6CAD #4C8BCE #7CAADB #ACC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4C8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4C8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BCE

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BCE	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.121 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacdd',
    500: '#4c8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bce;
$custom-light: #8aacdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.923,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62471,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BCE

secondary

#D6BCA0

accent

#9648E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BCE

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

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