#4C8CBA#4C8CBA

#4C8CBA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.096 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CBA
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 186)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -6.70, -30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 30.95, 257.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0454 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.096 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2182, 23.8359, 49.9275)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CBA #BA7A4C

analogous

#4CBAB1 #4C8CBA #4C55BA

triadic

#4C8CBA #BA4C8C #8CBA4C

tetradic

#4C8CBA #B14CBA #BA7A4C #55BA4C

square

#4C8CBA #B14CBA #BA7A4C #55BA4C

split-complementary

#4C8CBA #BA4C55 #BAB14C

monochromatic

#274B65 #386C91 #4C8CBA #78A8CB #A4C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4C8CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4C8CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CBA

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CBA	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.096 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adcf',
    500: '#4c8cba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cba;
$custom-light: #87adcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.091,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61686,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CBA

secondary

#C9AD99

accent

#8954D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CBA

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

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