#4C8CC4#4C8CC4

#4C8CC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.108 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CC4
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -3.44, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 35.38, 264.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0422 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.108 247)
XYZ	xyz(22.3187, 24.2761, 55.7234)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CC4 #C4844C

analogous

#4CC4C0 #4C8CC4 #4C50C4

triadic

#4C8CC4 #C44C8C #8CC44C

tetradic

#4C8CC4 #C04CC4 #C4844C #50C44C

square

#4C8CC4 #C04CC4 #C4844C #50C44C

split-complementary

#4C8CC4 #C44C50 #C4C04C

monochromatic

#254D71 #346D9F #4C8CC4 #7AAAD3 #A8C7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4C8CC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4C8CC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CC4

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CC4	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6482C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.108 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88add6',
    500: '#4c8cc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cc4;
$custom-light: #88add6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62178,
    "c": 0.10775,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.24278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CC4

secondary

#D0B49C

accent

#8F4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CC4

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

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