#4C8CB5#4C8CB5

#4C8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.091 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB5
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -8.30, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 28.91, 253.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0471 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.091 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6960, 23.6270, 47.1769)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB5 #B5754C

analogous

#4CB5AA #4C8CB5 #4C57B5

triadic

#4C8CB5 #B54C8C #8CB54C

tetradic

#4C8CB5 #AA4CB5 #B5754C #57B54C

square

#4C8CB5 #AA4CB5 #B5754C #57B54C

split-complementary

#4C8CB5 #B54C57 #B5AA4C

monochromatic

#27495F #396B8B #4C8CB5 #77A8C7 #A3C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4C8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB5	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.091 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adcb',
    500: '#4c8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb5;
$custom-light: #86adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.429,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6145,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB5

secondary

#C6A997

accent

#8656D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB5

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

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