#4C8CAA#4C8CAA

#4C8CAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.080 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CAA
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 170)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, -11.74, -22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 25.02, 242.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0511 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.08 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6115, 23.1932, 41.4657)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CAA #AA6A4C

analogous

#4CAA99 #4C8CAA #4C5DAA

triadic

#4C8CAA #AA4C8C #8CAA4C

tetradic

#4C8CAA #994CAA #AA6A4C #5DAA4C

square

#4C8CAA #994CAA #AA6A4C #5DAA4C

split-complementary

#4C8CAA #AA4C5D #AA994C

monochromatic

#264655 #396980 #4C8CAA #73A8C0 #9DC2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4C8CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4C8CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CAA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CAA	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.080 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adc3',
    500: '#4c8caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8caa;
$custom-light: #85adc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.149,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60953,
    "c": 0.07992,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CAA

secondary

#C0A192

accent

#7F5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CAA

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

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