#4C8CE3#4C8CE3

#4C8CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.147 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CE3
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 7.03, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 50.72, 277.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0339 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.147 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2187, 25.8361, 76.2633)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CE3 #E3A34C

analogous

#4CD7E3 #4C8CE3 #584CE3

triadic

#4C8CE3 #E34C8C #8CE34C

tetradic

#4C8CE3 #E34CD7 #E3A34C #4CE358

square

#4C8CE3 #E34CD7 #E3A34C #4CE358

split-complementary

#4C8CE3 #E3584C #D7E34C

monochromatic

#18509C #216BD1 #4C8CE3 #81AEEB #B6D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4C8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4C8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CE3

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CE3	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.147 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadec',
    500: '#4c8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ce3;
$custom-light: #8dadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.57,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CE3

secondary

#E3CAA8

accent

#A238F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CE3

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

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