#4C8DB9#4C8DB9

#4C8DB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.094 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DB9
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, -7.59, -29.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 30.23, 255.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0468 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.094 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2591, 24.0871, 49.4185)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DB9 #B9784C

analogous

#4CB9AE #4C8DB9 #4C56B9

triadic

#4C8DB9 #B94C8D #8DB94C

tetradic

#4C8DB9 #AE4CB9 #B9784C #56B94C

square

#4C8DB9 #AE4CB9 #B9784C #56B94C

split-complementary

#4C8DB9 #B94C56 #B9AE4C

monochromatic

#274B64 #386C90 #4C8DB9 #78A9CA #A4C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4C8DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4C8DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DB9

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DB9	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.094 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aece',
    500: '#4c8db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8db9;
$custom-light: #87aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.22,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61871,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DB9

secondary

#C8AC98

accent

#8854D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DB9

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

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