#4C8DAB#4C8DAB

#4C8DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.081 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DAB
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -11.99, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 25.18, 241.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0519 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.081 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8533, 23.5248, 42.0147)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DAB #AB6A4C

analogous

#4CAB99 #4C8DAB #4C5DAB

triadic

#4C8DAB #AB4C8D #8DAB4C

tetradic

#4C8DAB #994CAB #AB6A4C #5DAB4C

square

#4C8DAB #994CAB #AB6A4C #5DAB4C

split-complementary

#4C8DAB #AB4C5D #AB994C

monochromatic

#264756 #396A81 #4C8DAB #73A8C1 #9EC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4C8DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DAB

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DAB	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.081 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec4',
    500: '#4c8dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dab;
$custom-light: #85aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61235,
    "c": 0.08053,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DAB

secondary

#C0A192

accent

#7E59CE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DAB

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

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