#4C8CD4#4C8CD4

#4C8CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.128 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CD4
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, 1.91, -43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 43.09, 272.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0376 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.128 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2379, 25.0438, 65.8312)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CD4 #D4944C

analogous

#4CD0D4 #4C8CD4 #504CD4

triadic

#4C8CD4 #D44C8C #8CD44C

tetradic

#4C8CD4 #D44CD0 #D4944C #4CD450

square

#4C8CD4 #D44CD0 #D4944C #4CD450

split-complementary

#4C8CD4 #D4504C #D0D44C

monochromatic

#205086 #2C6DB7 #4C8CD4 #7DACE0 #AFCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4C8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4C8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CD4

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CD4	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.128 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade1',
    500: '#4c8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cd4;
$custom-light: #8bade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.765,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63019,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CD4

secondary

#DAC0A2

accent

#9943E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CD4

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

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