#4C8CB9#4C8CB9

#4C8CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.095 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CB9
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -7.02, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 30.54, 256.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0457 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.095 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1123, 23.7935, 49.3695)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CB9 #B9794C

analogous

#4CB9AF #4C8CB9 #4C55B9

triadic

#4C8CB9 #B94C8C #8CB94C

tetradic

#4C8CB9 #AF4CB9 #B9794C #55B94C

square

#4C8CB9 #AF4CB9 #B9794C #55B94C

split-complementary

#4C8CB9 #B94C55 #B9AF4C

monochromatic

#274B64 #386C90 #4C8CB9 #78A8CA #A4C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4C8CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4C8CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CB9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CB9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.095 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adce',
    500: '#4c8cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cb9;
$custom-light: #87adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.771,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61638,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CB9

secondary

#C8AC98

accent

#8954D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CB9

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

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