#4C8DA7#4C8DA7

#4C8DA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.077 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DA7
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 167)
HSL	hsl(197, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -13.22, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 24.04, 236.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0534 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.077 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4778, 23.3746, 40.0370)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DA7 #A7664C

analogous

#4CA794 #4C8DA7 #4C5FA7

triadic

#4C8DA7 #A74C8D #8DA74C

tetradic

#4C8DA7 #944CA7 #A7664C #5FA74C

square

#4C8DA7 #944CA7 #A7664C #5FA74C

split-complementary

#4C8DA7 #A74C5F #A7944C

monochromatic

#264653 #39697D #4C8DA7 #72A9BF #9CC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4C8DA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4C8DA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DA7

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DA7	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8da7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.077 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec1',
    500: '#4c8da7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8da7;
$custom-light: #85aec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8da7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 37.449,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61063,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DA7

secondary

#BE9E90

accent

#7B5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DA7

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

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