#4C8CA2#4C8CA2

#4C8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.074 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CA2
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -14.18, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 22.88, 231.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0542 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.074 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8777, 22.8997, 37.6007)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CA2 #A2624C

analogous

#4CA28D #4C8CA2 #4C61A2

triadic

#4C8CA2 #A24C8C #8CA24C

tetradic

#4C8CA2 #8D4CA2 #A2624C #61A24C

square

#4C8CA2 #8D4CA2 #A2624C #61A24C

split-complementary

#4C8CA2 #A24C61 #A28D4C

monochromatic

#25444F #386878 #4C8CA2 #70A8BC #99C1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4C8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4C8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CA2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CA2	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.074 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84adbd',
    500: '#4c8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ca2;
$custom-light: #84adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.349,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60612,
    "c": 0.07356,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CA2

secondary

#BC9A8E

accent

#785CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CA2

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

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