#4C8CBE#4C8CBE

#4C8CBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.101 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CBE
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 26.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -5.40, -32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 32.68, 260.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.044 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.101 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6494, 24.0084, 52.1984)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CBE #BE7E4C

analogous

#4CBEB7 #4C8CBE #4C53BE

triadic

#4C8CBE #BE4C8C #8CBE4C

tetradic

#4C8CBE #B74CBE #BE7E4C #53BE4C

square

#4C8CBE #B74CBE #BE7E4C #53BE4C

split-complementary

#4C8CBE #BE4C53 #BEB74C

monochromatic

#264C69 #376C96 #4C8CBE #79A9CE #A6C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4C8CBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4C8CBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CBE

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CBE	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.101 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88add1',
    500: '#4c8cbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cbe;
$custom-light: #88add1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6188,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CBE

secondary

#CCB09A

accent

#8C51D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CBE

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

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