#4C8DBC#4C8DBC

#4C8DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 242.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DBC
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -6.62, -30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 31.47, 257.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0458 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.098 242)
XYZ	xyz(21.5791, 24.2151, 51.1040)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DBC #BC7B4C

analogous

#4CBCB3 #4C8DBC #4C55BC

triadic

#4C8DBC #BC4C8D #8DBC4C

tetradic

#4C8DBC #B34CBC #BC7B4C #55BC4C

square

#4C8DBC #B34CBC #BC7B4C #55BC4C

split-complementary

#4C8DBC #BC4C55 #BCB34C

monochromatic

#274C67 #376D94 #4C8DBC #79A9CD #A5C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4C8DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4C8DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DBC

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DBC	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 242.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed0',
    500: '#4c8dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dbc;
$custom-light: #87aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.179,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62014,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 242
  },
  "luminance": 0.24217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DBC

secondary

#CAAE99

accent

#8953D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DBC

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

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