#4C8CB6#4C8CB6

#4C8CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.092 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB6
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -7.98, -28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 29.31, 254.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0467 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.092 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7989, 23.6682, 47.7192)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB6 #B6764C

analogous

#4CB6AB #4C8CB6 #4C57B6

triadic

#4C8CB6 #B64C8C #8CB64C

tetradic

#4C8CB6 #AB4CB6 #B6764C #57B64C

square

#4C8CB6 #AB4CB6 #B6764C #57B64C

split-complementary

#4C8CB6 #B64C57 #B6AB4C

monochromatic

#274A60 #396B8C #4C8CB6 #77A8C8 #A3C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4C8CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4C8CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB6

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB6	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#798CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.092 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adcc',
    500: '#4c8cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb6;
$custom-light: #87adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.774,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61496,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB6

secondary

#C6AA97

accent

#8756D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB6

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

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