#4C8CB4#4C8CB4

#4C8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.090 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB4
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -8.62, -27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 28.52, 252.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0474 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.09 238)
XYZ	xyz(20.5937, 23.5861, 46.6385)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB4 #B4744C

analogous

#4CB4A8 #4C8CB4 #4C58B4

triadic

#4C8CB4 #B44C8C #8CB44C

tetradic

#4C8CB4 #A84CB4 #B4744C #58B44C

square

#4C8CB4 #A84CB4 #B4744C #58B44C

split-complementary

#4C8CB4 #B44C58 #B4A84C

monochromatic

#27495E #3A6B89 #4C8CB4 #77A8C6 #A2C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4C8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.090 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adca',
    500: '#4c8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb4;
$custom-light: #86adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61403,
    "c": 0.08962,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.23588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB4

secondary

#C5A997

accent

#8657D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB4

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

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