#4C8CDC#4C8CDC

#4C8CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.138 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CDC
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 4.63, -46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 47.13, 275.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0355 -0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.138 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2722, 25.4575, 71.2782)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CDC #DC9C4C

analogous

#4CD4DC #4C8CDC #544CDC

triadic

#4C8CDC #DC4C8C #8CDC4C

tetradic

#4C8CDC #DC4CD4 #DC9C4C #4CDC54

square

#4C8CDC #DC4CD4 #DC9C4C #4CDC54

split-complementary

#4C8CDC #DC544C #D4DC4C

monochromatic

#1C5091 #266DC4 #4C8CDC #7FADE6 #B2CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4C8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4C8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CDC

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CDC	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.138 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade7',
    500: '#4c8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cdc;
$custom-light: #8cade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63463,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CDC

secondary

#DFC5A5

accent

#9D3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CDC

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

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