#4C8CC8#4C8CC8

#4C8CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.113 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CC8
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 200)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 30%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -2.12, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 37.25, 266.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0409 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.113 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7801, 24.4606, 58.1533)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CC8 #C8884C

analogous

#4CC8C6 #4C8CC8 #4C4EC8

triadic

#4C8CC8 #C84C8C #8CC84C

tetradic

#4C8CC8 #C64CC8 #C8884C #4EC84C

square

#4C8CC8 #C64CC8 #C8884C #4EC84C

split-complementary

#4C8CC8 #C84C4E #C8C64C

monochromatic

#244E75 #326DA4 #4C8CC8 #7BAAD6 #AAC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4C8CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4C8CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CC8

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CC8	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.113 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add9',
    500: '#4c8cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cc8;
$custom-light: #89add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62382,
    "c": 0.11261,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CC8

secondary

#D2B79E

accent

#924BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CC8

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

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