#4C8DAA#4C8DAA

#4C8DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.080 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DAA
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -12.30, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 24.88, 240.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0522 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.08 229)
XYZ	xyz(19.7583, 23.4868, 41.5146)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DAA #AA694C

analogous

#4CAA98 #4C8DAA #4C5EAA

triadic

#4C8DAA #AA4C8D #8DAA4C

tetradic

#4C8DAA #984CAA #AA694C #5EAA4C

square

#4C8DAA #984CAA #AA694C #5EAA4C

split-complementary

#4C8DAA #AA4C5E #AA984C

monochromatic

#264755 #396A80 #4C8DAA #73A8C0 #9DC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4C8DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4C8DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DAA

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DAA	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7181AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.080 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec3',
    500: '#4c8daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8daa;
$custom-light: #85aec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.511,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61191,
    "c": 0.07968,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.23489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DAA

secondary

#C0A092

accent

#7E5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DAA

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

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