#4C8DB1#4C8DB1

#4C8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.086 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DB1
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -10.13, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 27.17, 248.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% -0.0496 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.086 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4382, 23.7587, 45.0953)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DB1 #B1704C

analogous

#4CB1A3 #4C8DB1 #4C5BB1

triadic

#4C8DB1 #B14C8D #8DB14C

tetradic

#4C8DB1 #A34CB1 #B1704C #5BB14C

square

#4C8DB1 #A34CB1 #B1704C #5BB14C

split-complementary

#4C8DB1 #B14C5B #B1A34C

monochromatic

#27495B #3A6B86 #4C8DB1 #76A8C4 #A1C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4C8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4C8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DB1

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DB1	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.086 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec8',
    500: '#4c8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8db1;
$custom-light: #86aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.386,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61501,
    "c": 0.08611,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DB1

secondary

#C3A695

accent

#8358D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DB1

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

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