#4C8CA5#4C8CA5

#4C8CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.076 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CA5
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -13.27, -19.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 23.60, 235.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.053 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.076 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1475, 23.0076, 39.0219)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CA5 #A5654C

analogous

#4CA592 #4C8CA5 #4C60A5

triadic

#4C8CA5 #A54C8C #8CA54C

tetradic

#4C8CA5 #924CA5 #A5654C #60A54C

square

#4C8CA5 #924CA5 #A5654C #60A54C

split-complementary

#4C8CA5 #A54C60 #A5924C

monochromatic

#254551 #39687B #4C8CA5 #71A8BD #9BC2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4C8CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4C8CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CA5

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CA5	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.076 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbf',
    500: '#4c8ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ca5;
$custom-light: #85adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.854,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60738,
    "c": 0.07576,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CA5

secondary

#BD9C8F

accent

#7B5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CA5

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

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