#4C8BD9#4C8BD9

#4C8BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.135 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BD9
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, 4.20, -45.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 46.10, 275.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0353 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.135 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7329, 25.0090, 69.1560)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BD9 #D99A4C

analogous

#4CD2D9 #4C8BD9 #534CD9

triadic

#4C8BD9 #D94C8B #8BD94C

tetradic

#4C8BD9 #D94CD2 #D99A4C #4CD953

square

#4C8BD9 #D94CD2 #D99A4C #4CD953

split-complementary

#4C8BD9 #D9534C #D2D94C

monochromatic

#1E4F8D #296CBF #4C8BD9 #7EACE4 #B1CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4C8BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4C8BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BD9

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BD9	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.135 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace5',
    500: '#4c8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bd9;
$custom-light: #8bace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.191,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BD9

secondary

#DDC3A4

accent

#9D40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BD9

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

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