#4C8CDE#4C8CDE

#4C8CDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.140 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4C8CDE
RGBrgb(76, 140, 222)
HSLhsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(65.8%, 36.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.62, 5.31, -47.86)
CIE-LCHlch(57.62, 48.15, 276.33°)
OKLaboklab(63.58% -0.035 -0.136)
OKLCHoklch(63.58% 0.14 255.6)
XYZxyz(25.5386, 25.5640, 72.6815)
Luminance0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4C8CDE #DE9E4C
analogous
#4CD5DE #4C8CDE #554CDE
triadic
#4C8CDE #DE4C8C #8CDE4C
tetradic
#4C8CDE #DE4CD5 #DE9E4C #4CDE55
square
#4C8CDE #DE4CD5 #DE9E4C #4CDE55
split-complementary
#4C8CDE #DE554C #D5DE4C
monochromatic
#1B5094 #256CC8 #4C8CDE #80ADE8 #B3CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44
#4C8CDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11
#4C8CDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CDE
6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4C8CDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4C8CDE1.003.446.116.11
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1121.001.001.00
##0000006.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6892E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5384DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4c8cde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.140 255.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade8',
    500: '#4c8cde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4c8cde;
$custom-light: #8cade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4c8cde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.699,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63576,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4C8CDE
secondary
#E0C6A6
accent
#9F3CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4C8CDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva