#4C8DAE#4C8DAE

#4C8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.083 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DAE
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, -11.06, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 26.14, 244.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0507 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.083 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1425, 23.6404, 43.5378)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DAE #AE6D4C

analogous

#4CAE9E #4C8DAE #4C5CAE

triadic

#4C8DAE #AE4C8D #8DAE4C

tetradic

#4C8DAE #9E4CAE #AE6D4C #5CAE4C

square

#4C8DAE #9E4CAE #AE6D4C #5CAE4C

split-complementary

#4C8DAE #AE4C5C #AE9E4C

monochromatic

#274859 #396A83 #4C8DAE #75A8C3 #9FC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4C8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DAE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DAE	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.083 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec6',
    500: '#4c8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dae;
$custom-light: #86aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.204,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61367,
    "c": 0.08324,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DAE

secondary

#C2A394

accent

#8159CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DAE

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

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