#4C8DB3#4C8DB3

#4C8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.088 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DB3
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -9.50, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 27.89, 250.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0489 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.088 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6390, 23.8391, 46.1528)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DB3 #B3724C

analogous

#4CB3A5 #4C8DB3 #4C5AB3

triadic

#4C8DB3 #B34C8D #8DB34C

tetradic

#4C8DB3 #A54CB3 #B3724C #5AB34C

square

#4C8DB3 #A54CB3 #B3724C #5AB34C

split-complementary

#4C8DB3 #B34C5A #B3A54C

monochromatic

#28495D #3A6B88 #4C8DB3 #77A8C5 #A2C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4C8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4C8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DB3

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DB3	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.088 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aeca',
    500: '#4c8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8db3;
$custom-light: #86aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.136,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61592,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DB3

secondary

#C4A796

accent

#8458D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DB3

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

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