#4C8CB2#4C8CB2

#4C8CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.088 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB2
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -9.25, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 27.76, 250.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0481 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.088 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3915, 23.5052, 45.5732)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB2 #B2724C

analogous

#4CB2A5 #4C8CB2 #4C59B2

triadic

#4C8CB2 #B24C8C #8CB24C

tetradic

#4C8CB2 #A54CB2 #B2724C #59B24C

square

#4C8CB2 #A54CB2 #B2724C #59B24C

split-complementary

#4C8CB2 #B24C59 #B2A54C

monochromatic

#27495C #3A6A87 #4C8CB2 #76A8C5 #A1C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4C8CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB2	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.088 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adc9',
    500: '#4c8cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb2;
$custom-light: #86adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.353,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61311,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB2

secondary

#C4A796

accent

#8558D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB2

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

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