#4C8CDF#4C8CDF

#4C8CDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.142 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CDF
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 223)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 37.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 5.65, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 48.66, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0348 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.142 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6730, 25.6178, 73.3895)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CDF #DF9F4C

analogous

#4CD5DF #4C8CDF #554CDF

triadic

#4C8CDF #DF4C8C #8CDF4C

tetradic

#4C8CDF #DF4CD5 #DF9F4C #4CDF55

square

#4C8CDF #DF4CD5 #DF9F4C #4CDF55

split-complementary

#4C8CDF #DF554C #D5DF4C

monochromatic

#1B5096 #246CCA #4C8CDF #80ADE8 #B4CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4C8CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4C8CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CDF

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CDF	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6792E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5284DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.142 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade9',
    500: '#4c8cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cdf;
$custom-light: #8cade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.878,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63633,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CDF

secondary

#E0C7A6

accent

#9F3BEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CDF

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

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