#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
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 36.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 5.31, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 48.15, 276.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.035 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.14 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5386, 25.5640, 72.6815)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##4C8CDE	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4C8CDE

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

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