#4C8BE2#4C8BE2

#4C8BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.147 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BE2
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 7.28, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 50.73, 278.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0331 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.147 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9356, 25.4901, 75.4900)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BE2 #E2A34C

analogous

#4CD6E2 #4C8BE2 #584CE2

triadic

#4C8BE2 #E24C8B #8BE24C

tetradic

#4C8BE2 #E24CD6 #E2A34C #4CE258

square

#4C8BE2 #E24CD6 #E2A34C #4CE258

split-complementary

#4C8BE2 #E2584C #D6E24C

monochromatic

#194F9B #226BCF #4C8BE2 #81ADEB #B5CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4C8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4C8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BE2

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BE2	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.147 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daceb',
    500: '#4c8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8be2;
$custom-light: #8daceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63589,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BE2

secondary

#E2CAA8

accent

#A239EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BE2

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

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