#4C8CB1#4C8CB1

#4C8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.087 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB1
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -9.57, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 27.39, 249.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0485 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.087 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2914, 23.4652, 45.0463)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB1 #B1714C

analogous

#4CB1A4 #4C8CB1 #4C5AB1

triadic

#4C8CB1 #B14C8C #8CB14C

tetradic

#4C8CB1 #A44CB1 #B1714C #5AB14C

square

#4C8CB1 #A44CB1 #B1714C #5AB14C

split-complementary

#4C8CB1 #B14C5A #B1A44C

monochromatic

#27485B #3A6A86 #4C8CB1 #76A8C4 #A1C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4C8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4C8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB1

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB1	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)

#7B8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.087 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc8',
    500: '#4c8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb1;
$custom-light: #86adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.98,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61265,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB1

secondary

#C3A695

accent

#8458D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB1

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

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