#4C8CA8#4C8CA8

#4C8CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.078 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CA8
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -12.36, -21.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 24.42, 239.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0518 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.078 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4238, 23.1181, 40.4768)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CA8 #A8684C

analogous

#4CA896 #4C8CA8 #4C5EA8

triadic

#4C8CA8 #A84C8C #8CA84C

tetradic

#4C8CA8 #964CA8 #A8684C #5EA84C

square

#4C8CA8 #964CA8 #A8684C #5EA84C

split-complementary

#4C8CA8 #A84C5E #A8964C

monochromatic

#264654 #39697E #4C8CA8 #72A8BF #9CC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4C8CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4C8CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CA8

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CA8	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	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)

#7D8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.078 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adc2',
    500: '#4c8ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ca8;
$custom-light: #85adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.261,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60866,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CA8

secondary

#BF9F91

accent

#7D5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CA8

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

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