#4C8CD6#4C8CD6

#4C8CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.130 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CD6
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 2.58, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 44.09, 273.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.037 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.13 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4918, 25.1453, 67.1681)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CD6 #D6964C

analogous

#4CD1D6 #4C8CD6 #514CD6

triadic

#4C8CD6 #D64C8C #8CD64C

tetradic

#4C8CD6 #D64CD1 #D6964C #4CD651

square

#4C8CD6 #D64CD1 #D6964C #4CD651

split-complementary

#4C8CD6 #D6514C #D1D64C

monochromatic

#1F5088 #2B6DBA #4C8CD6 #7EACE1 #B0CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4C8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4C8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CD6

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CD6	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.130 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade3',
    500: '#4c8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cd6;
$custom-light: #8bade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.174,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CD6

secondary

#DBC1A3

accent

#9A42E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CD6

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

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