#4C8CE1#4C8CE1

#4C8CE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.144 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CE1
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 37.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, 6.34, -49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 49.69, 277.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0343 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.144 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9443, 25.7263, 74.8180)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CE1 #E1A14C

analogous

#4CD7E1 #4C8CE1 #574CE1

triadic

#4C8CE1 #E14C8C #8CE14C

tetradic

#4C8CE1 #E14CD7 #E1A14C #4CE157

square

#4C8CE1 #E14CD7 #E1A14C #4CE157

split-complementary

#4C8CE1 #E1574C #D7E14C

monochromatic

#1A5099 #226CCD #4C8CE1 #80AEEA #B5CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4C8CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4C8CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CE1

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CE1	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.144 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadeb',
    500: '#4c8ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ce1;
$custom-light: #8dadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.228,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63748,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CE1

secondary

#E2C9A7

accent

#A13AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CE1

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

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