#4C8CEC#4C8CEC

#4C8CEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.159 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8CEC
RGB	rgb(76, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 10.14, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 55.40, 280.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0319 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.159 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4934, 26.3460, 82.9770)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8CEC #ECAC4C

analogous

#4CDCEC #4C8CEC #5C4CEC

triadic

#4C8CEC #EC4C8C #8CEC4C

tetradic

#4C8CEC #EC4CDC #ECAC4C #4CEC5C

square

#4C8CEC #EC4CDC #ECAC4C #4CEC5C

split-complementary

#4C8CEC #EC5C4C #DCEC4C

monochromatic

#124FAB #1869E3 #4C8CEC #83B0F2 #BBD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4C8CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4C8CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8CEC

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8CEC	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4685EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.159 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadf3',
    500: '#4c8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8cec;
$custom-light: #8fadf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64395,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8CEC

secondary

#E8D0AC

accent

#8808DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8CEC

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

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