#4C8DB2#4C8DB2

#4C8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.087 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DB2
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -9.81, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 27.53, 249.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0493 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.087 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5382, 23.7987, 45.6221)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DB2 #B2714C

analogous

#4CB2A4 #4C8DB2 #4C5AB2

triadic

#4C8DB2 #B24C8D #8DB24C

tetradic

#4C8DB2 #A44CB2 #B2714C #5AB24C

square

#4C8DB2 #A44CB2 #B2714C #5AB24C

split-complementary

#4C8DB2 #B24C5A #B2A44C

monochromatic

#27495C #3A6B87 #4C8DB2 #76A8C5 #A1C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4C8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4C8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DB2

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DB2	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.087 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec9',
    500: '#4c8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8db2;
$custom-light: #86aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.765,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61546,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DB2

secondary

#C4A796

accent

#8358D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DB2

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

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