#4C8CD8#4C8CD8

#4C8CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.133 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CD8
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 3.26, -44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 45.10, 274.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0365 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.133 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.7487, 25.2481, 68.5215)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CD8 #D8984C

analogous

#4CD2D8 #4C8CD8 #524CD8

triadic

#4C8CD8 #D84C8C #8CD84C

tetradic

#4C8CD8 #D84CD2 #D8984C #4CD852

square

#4C8CD8 #D84CD2 #D8984C #4CD852

split-complementary

#4C8CD8 #D8524C #D2D84C

monochromatic

#1E508B #296DBE #4C8CD8 #7EACE3 #B1CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4C8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4C8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CD8

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CD8	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.133 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade4',
    500: '#4c8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cd8;
$custom-light: #8bade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63239,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.25251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CD8

secondary

#DCC2A4

accent

#9B41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CD8

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

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