#4C8DAD#4C8DAD

#4C8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.082 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DAD
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -11.37, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 25.81, 243.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0511 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.082 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0454, 23.6016, 43.0263)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DAD #AD6C4C

analogous

#4CAD9D #4C8DAD #4C5DAD

triadic

#4C8DAD #AD4C8D #8DAD4C

tetradic

#4C8DAD #9D4CAD #AD6C4C #5DAD4C

square

#4C8DAD #9D4CAD #AD6C4C #5DAD4C

split-complementary

#4C8DAD #AD4C5D #AD9D4C

monochromatic

#274858 #396A82 #4C8DAD #74A8C2 #9FC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4C8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DAD

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DAD	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7081AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.082 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec5',
    500: '#4c8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dad;
$custom-light: #86aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.794,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61322,
    "c": 0.08232,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DAD

secondary

#C1A393

accent

#8059CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DAD

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

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