#4C8DBD#4C8DBD

#4C8DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.099 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DBD
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -6.30, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 31.90, 258.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0455 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.099 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6873, 24.2584, 51.6737)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DBD #BD7C4C

analogous

#4CBDB5 #4C8DBD #4C55BD

triadic

#4C8DBD #BD4C8D #8DBD4C

tetradic

#4C8DBD #B54CBD #BD7C4C #55BD4C

square

#4C8DBD #B54CBD #BD7C4C #55BD4C

split-complementary

#4C8DBD #BD4C55 #BDB54C

monochromatic

#264C68 #376D95 #4C8DBD #79A9CD #A5C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4C8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4C8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DBD

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DBD	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.099 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed1',
    500: '#4c8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dbd;
$custom-light: #87aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.487,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DBD

secondary

#CBAF9A

accent

#8A52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DBD

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

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