#4C8CA3#4C8CA3

#4C8CA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.074 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CA3
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 163)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -13.88, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 23.11, 233.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.65% -0.0538 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(60.65% 0.074 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9669, 22.9354, 38.0707)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CA3 #A3634C

analogous

#4CA38F #4C8CA3 #4C61A3

triadic

#4C8CA3 #A34C8C #8CA34C

tetradic

#4C8CA3 #8F4CA3 #A3634C #61A34C

square

#4C8CA3 #8F4CA3 #A3634C #61A34C

split-complementary

#4C8CA3 #A34C61 #A38F4C

monochromatic

#254450 #396879 #4C8CA3 #70A8BC #9AC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4C8CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4C8CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CA3

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CA3	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.074 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbe',
    500: '#4c8ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ca3;
$custom-light: #85adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.862,
    "s": 36.402,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60654,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CA3

secondary

#BC9B8F

accent

#795BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CA3

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

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