#4C8DB4#4C8DB4

#4C8DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.089 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DB4
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, -9.18, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 28.27, 251.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.64% -0.0486 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(61.64% 0.089 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.7405, 23.8797, 46.6874)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DB4 #B4734C

analogous

#4CB4A7 #4C8DB4 #4C59B4

triadic

#4C8DB4 #B44C8D #8DB44C

tetradic

#4C8DB4 #A74CB4 #B4734C #59B44C

square

#4C8DB4 #A74CB4 #B4734C #59B44C

split-complementary

#4C8DB4 #B44C59 #B4A74C

monochromatic

#274A5E #3A6B89 #4C8DB4 #77A8C6 #A2C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4C8DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4C8DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DB4

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DB4	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.089 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aeca',
    500: '#4c8db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8db4;
$custom-light: #86aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61638,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.23882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DB4

secondary

#C5A897

accent

#8557D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DB4

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

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