#4C8CC9#4C8CC9

#4C8CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CC9
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 30.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -1.78, -37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 37.72, 267.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0406 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.114 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8973, 24.5075, 58.7708)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CC9 #C9894C

analogous

#4CC9C8 #4C8CC9 #4C4EC9

triadic

#4C8CC9 #C94C8C #8CC94C

tetradic

#4C8CC9 #C84CC9 #C9894C #4EC94C

square

#4C8CC9 #C84CC9 #C9894C #4EC94C

split-complementary

#4C8CC9 #C94C4E #C9C84C

monochromatic

#244E77 #326DA6 #4C8CC9 #7BAAD7 #AAC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4C8CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4C8CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CC9

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CC9	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728ECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89add9',
    500: '#4c8cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cc9;
$custom-light: #89add9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.28,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CC9

secondary

#D3B89E

accent

#924BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CC9

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

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