#4C8BE1#4C8BE1

#4C8BE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.145 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BE1
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 6.94, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 50.21, 277.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0334 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.145 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7988, 25.4354, 74.7695)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BE1 #E1A24C

analogous

#4CD6E1 #4C8BE1 #584CE1

triadic

#4C8BE1 #E14C8B #8BE14C

tetradic

#4C8BE1 #E14CD6 #E1A24C #4CE158

square

#4C8BE1 #E14CD6 #E1A24C #4CE158

split-complementary

#4C8BE1 #E1584C #D6E14C

monochromatic

#1A4F99 #226BCD #4C8BE1 #80ADEA #B5CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4C8BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4C8BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BE1

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BE1	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.145 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daceb',
    500: '#4c8be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8be1;
$custom-light: #8daceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.631,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6353,
    "c": 0.14538,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BE1

secondary

#E2C9A7

accent

#A23AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BE1

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

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