#4C8DC4#4C8DC4

#4C8DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.107 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DC4
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -4.02, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 34.99, 263.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0432 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.107 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4655, 24.5696, 55.7723)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DC4 #C4834C

analogous

#4CC4BF #4C8DC4 #4C51C4

triadic

#4C8DC4 #C44C8D #8DC44C

tetradic

#4C8DC4 #BF4CC4 #C4834C #51C44C

square

#4C8DC4 #BF4CC4 #C4834C #51C44C

split-complementary

#4C8DC4 #C44C51 #C4BF4C

monochromatic

#254E71 #346E9F #4C8DC4 #7AAAD3 #A8C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4C8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4C8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DC4

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DC4	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.107 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed6',
    500: '#4c8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dc4;
$custom-light: #88aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62407,
    "c": 0.10697,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DC4

secondary

#D0B49C

accent

#8E4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DC4

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

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