#4C8CB0#4C8CB0

#4C8CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.086 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB0
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 176)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 20.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -9.88, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 27.03, 248.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0489 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.086 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1921, 23.4254, 44.5233)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB0 #B0704C

analogous

#4CB0A2 #4C8CB0 #4C5AB0

triadic

#4C8CB0 #B04C8C #8CB04C

tetradic

#4C8CB0 #A24CB0 #B0704C #5AB04C

square

#4C8CB0 #A24CB0 #B0704C #5AB04C

split-complementary

#4C8CB0 #B04C5A #B0A24C

monochromatic

#27485B #3A6A85 #4C8CB0 #76A8C4 #A0C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4C8CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4C8CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB0

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB0	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.086 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc7',
    500: '#4c8cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb0;
$custom-light: #86adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6122,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB0

secondary

#C3A595

accent

#8358D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB0

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

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