#4C8CA7#4C8CA7

#4C8CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.077 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CA7
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, -12.66, -20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 24.13, 238.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0522 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.077 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3310, 23.0810, 39.9881)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CA7 #A7674C

analogous

#4CA794 #4C8CA7 #4C5EA7

triadic

#4C8CA7 #A74C8C #8CA74C

tetradic

#4C8CA7 #944CA7 #A7674C #5EA74C

square

#4C8CA7 #944CA7 #A7674C #5EA74C

split-complementary

#4C8CA7 #A74C5E #A7944C

monochromatic

#264553 #39697D #4C8CA7 #72A8BF #9CC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4C8CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4C8CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CA7

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CA7	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.077 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adc1',
    500: '#4c8ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ca7;
$custom-light: #85adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.802,
    "s": 37.449,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60823,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CA7

secondary

#BE9E90

accent

#7D5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CA7

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

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