#4C8CE2#4C8CE2

#4C8CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.146 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CE2
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 6.69, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 50.21, 277.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0341 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.146 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0811, 25.7810, 75.5385)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CE2 #E2A24C

analogous

#4CD7E2 #4C8CE2 #574CE2

triadic

#4C8CE2 #E24C8C #8CE24C

tetradic

#4C8CE2 #E24CD7 #E2A24C #4CE257

square

#4C8CE2 #E24CD7 #E2A24C #4CE257

split-complementary

#4C8CE2 #E2574C #D7E24C

monochromatic

#19509B #226CCF #4C8CE2 #81AEEB #B5D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4C8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4C8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CE2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CE2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.146 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadeb',
    500: '#4c8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ce2;
$custom-light: #8dadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CE2

secondary

#E2C9A8

accent

#A139EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CE2

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

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