#4C8BD8#4C8BD8

#4C8BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.134 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BD8
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 3.86, -45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 45.59, 274.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0355 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.134 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6033, 24.9572, 68.4730)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BD8 #D8994C

analogous

#4CD1D8 #4C8BD8 #534CD8

triadic

#4C8BD8 #D84C8B #8BD84C

tetradic

#4C8BD8 #D84CD1 #D8994C #4CD853

square

#4C8BD8 #D84CD1 #D8994C #4CD853

split-complementary

#4C8BD8 #D8534C #D1D84C

monochromatic

#1E4F8B #296CBE #4C8BD8 #7EACE3 #B1CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4C8BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4C8BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BD8

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BD8	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5683D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.134 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace4',
    500: '#4c8bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bd8;
$custom-light: #8bace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63018,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BD8

secondary

#DCC3A4

accent

#9C41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BD8

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

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