#4C8BDE#4C8BDE

#4C8BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BDE
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 5.91, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 48.66, 276.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.034 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.141 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3932, 25.2731, 72.6330)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BDE #DE9F4C

analogous

#4CD4DE #4C8BDE #564CDE

triadic

#4C8BDE #DE4C8B #8BDE4C

tetradic

#4C8BDE #DE4CD4 #DE9F4C #4CDE56

square

#4C8BDE #DE4CD4 #DE9F4C #4CDE56

split-complementary

#4C8BDE #DE564C #D4DE4C

monochromatic

#1B5094 #256BC8 #4C8BDE #80ACE8 #B3CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4C8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4C8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BDE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BDE	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace9',
    500: '#4c8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8bde;
$custom-light: #8cace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.11,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63358,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BDE

secondary

#E0C7A6

accent

#A03CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BDE

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

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