#4C8CB3#4C8CB3

#4C8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.089 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB3
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -8.93, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 28.14, 251.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0478 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.089 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4922, 23.5455, 46.1039)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB3 #B3734C

analogous

#4CB3A6 #4C8CB3 #4C59B3

triadic

#4C8CB3 #B34C8C #8CB34C

tetradic

#4C8CB3 #A64CB3 #B3734C #59B34C

square

#4C8CB3 #A64CB3 #B3734C #59B34C

split-complementary

#4C8CB3 #B34C59 #B3A64C

monochromatic

#28495D #3A6A88 #4C8CB3 #77A8C5 #A2C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4C8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.089 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adca',
    500: '#4c8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb3;
$custom-light: #86adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.718,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61357,
    "c": 0.08858,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB3

secondary

#C4A896

accent

#8558D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB3

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

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