#4C8CB8#4C8CB8

#4C8CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.094 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB8
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -7.34, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 30.12, 255.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.046 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.094 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0071, 23.7514, 48.8155)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB8 #B8784C

analogous

#4CB8AE #4C8CB8 #4C56B8

triadic

#4C8CB8 #B84C8C #8CB84C

tetradic

#4C8CB8 #AE4CB8 #B8784C #56B84C

square

#4C8CB8 #AE4CB8 #B8784C #56B84C

split-complementary

#4C8CB8 #B84C56 #B8AE4C

monochromatic

#274A63 #386B8E #4C8CB8 #78A8C9 #A4C4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4C8CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4C8CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB8

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB8	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.094 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adcd',
    500: '#4c8cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb8;
$custom-light: #87adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.444,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61591,
    "c": 0.09391,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB8

secondary

#C8AB98

accent

#8855D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB8

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

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