#4C8BE3#4C8BE3

#4C8BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.148 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BE3
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, 7.63, -50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 51.25, 278.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0329 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.148 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0732, 25.5452, 76.2148)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BE3 #E3A44C

analogous

#4CD7E3 #4C8BE3 #594CE3

triadic

#4C8BE3 #E34C8B #8BE34C

tetradic

#4C8BE3 #E34CD7 #E3A44C #4CE359

square

#4C8BE3 #E34CD7 #E3A44C #4CE359

split-complementary

#4C8BE3 #E3594C #D7E34C

monochromatic

#184F9C #216AD1 #4C8BE3 #81ADEB #B6D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4C8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4C8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BE3

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BE3	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.148 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacec',
    500: '#4c8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8be3;
$custom-light: #8dacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.967,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63647,
    "c": 0.14799,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BE3

secondary

#E3CAA8

accent

#A338F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BE3

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

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