#4C8BDB#4C8BDB

#4C8BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.138 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BDB
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 4.88, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 47.12, 275.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0348 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.138 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9947, 25.1137, 70.5343)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BDB #DB9C4C

analogous

#4CD3DB #4C8BDB #544CDB

triadic

#4C8BDB #DB4C8B #8BDB4C

tetradic

#4C8BDB #DB4CD3 #DB9C4C #4CDB54

square

#4C8BDB #DB4CD3 #DB9C4C #4CDB54

split-complementary

#4C8BDB #DB544C #D3DB4C

monochromatic

#1D4F90 #276CC3 #4C8BDB #7FACE5 #B2CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4C8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4C8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BDB

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BDB	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.138 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace6',
    500: '#4c8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bdb;
$custom-light: #8cace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.566,
    "s": 66.512,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63187,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BDB

secondary

#DEC5A5

accent

#9E3EE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BDB

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

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