#4C8DCB#4C8DCB

#4C8DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.115 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DCB
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -1.70, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 38.25, 267.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0411 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.115 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2809, 24.8958, 60.0668)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DCB #CB8A4C

analogous

#4CCBC9 #4C8DCB #4C4ECB

triadic

#4C8DCB #CB4C8D #8DCB4C

tetradic

#4C8DCB #C94CCB #CB8A4C #4ECB4C

square

#4C8DCB #C94CCB #CB8A4C #4ECB4C

split-complementary

#4C8DCB #CB4C4E #CBC94C

monochromatic

#234F79 #316EA9 #4C8DCB #7BABD9 #ABC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4C8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4C8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DCB

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DCB	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7290CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6183CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.115 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedb',
    500: '#4c8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dcb;
$custom-light: #89aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.291,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62764,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DCB

secondary

#D4B99F

accent

#9249DE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DCB

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

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