#4C8DC9#4C8DC9

#4C8DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 248.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DC9
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 29.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -2.37, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 37.30, 266.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0417 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.113 248.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0441, 24.8011, 58.8197)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DC9 #C9884C

analogous

#4CC9C7 #4C8DC9 #4C4FC9

triadic

#4C8DC9 #C94C8D #8DC94C

tetradic

#4C8DC9 #C74CC9 #C9884C #4FC94C

square

#4C8DC9 #C74CC9 #C9884C #4FC94C

split-complementary

#4C8DC9 #C94C4F #C9C74C

monochromatic

#244F77 #326EA6 #4C8DC9 #7BABD7 #AAC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4C8DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4C8DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DC9

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DC9	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 248.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed9',
    500: '#4c8dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dc9;
$custom-light: #89aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62661,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 248.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DC9

secondary

#D3B79E

accent

#914BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DC9

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

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