#4C8BDD#4C8BDD

#4C8BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.140 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BDD
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 5.56, -47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 48.15, 276.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0343 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.14 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2595, 25.2197, 71.9293)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BDD #DD9E4C

analogous

#4CD3DD #4C8BDD #554CDD

triadic

#4C8BDD #DD4C8B #8BDD4C

tetradic

#4C8BDD #DD4CD3 #DD9E4C #4CDD55

square

#4C8BDD #DD4CD3 #DD9E4C #4CDD55

split-complementary

#4C8BDD #DD554C #D3DD4C

monochromatic

#1C5093 #266BC6 #4C8BDD #7FACE7 #B3CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4C8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4C8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BDD

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BDD	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.140 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace8',
    500: '#4c8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bdd;
$custom-light: #8cace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.931,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.633,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BDD

secondary

#DFC6A6

accent

#9F3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BDD

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

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