#4C8DB5#4C8DB5

#4C8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.090 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DB5
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -8.87, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 28.65, 251.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0482 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.09 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8427, 23.9205, 47.2258)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DB5 #B5744C

analogous

#4CB5A8 #4C8DB5 #4C58B5

triadic

#4C8DB5 #B54C8D #8DB54C

tetradic

#4C8DB5 #A84CB5 #B5744C #58B54C

square

#4C8DB5 #A84CB5 #B5744C #58B54C

split-complementary

#4C8DB5 #B54C58 #B5A84C

monochromatic

#274A5F #396C8B #4C8DB5 #77A9C7 #A3C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4C8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4C8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DB5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DB5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#7B8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.090 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aecb',
    500: '#4c8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8db5;
$custom-light: #87aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61684,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DB5

secondary

#C6A997

accent

#8556D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DB5

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

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