#4C8CA4#4C8CA4

#4C8CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.075 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CA4
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -13.57, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 23.34, 234.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0534 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.075 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0569, 22.9713, 38.5444)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CA4 #A4644C

analogous

#4CA490 #4C8CA4 #4C60A4

triadic

#4C8CA4 #A44C8C #8CA44C

tetradic

#4C8CA4 #904CA4 #A4644C #60A44C

square

#4C8CA4 #904CA4 #A4644C #60A44C

split-complementary

#4C8CA4 #A44C60 #A4904C

monochromatic

#254550 #39687A #4C8CA4 #70A8BD #9AC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4C8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4C8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CA4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CA4	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	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)

#7F89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.075 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbf',
    500: '#4c8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ca4;
$custom-light: #85adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60696,
    "c": 0.07501,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CA4

secondary

#BD9C8F

accent

#7A5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CA4

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

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