#4C8DCD#4C8DCD

#4C8DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.118 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DCD
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -1.03, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 39.21, 268.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0405 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.118 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5208, 24.9918, 61.3301)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DCD #CD8C4C

analogous

#4CCDCC #4C8DCD #4C4DCD

triadic

#4C8DCD #CD4C8D #8DCD4C

tetradic

#4C8DCD #CC4CCD #CD8C4C #4DCD4C

square

#4C8DCD #CC4CCD #CD8C4C #4DCD4C

split-complementary

#4C8DCD #CD4C4D #CDCC4C

monochromatic

#23507C #306EAC #4C8DCD #7CABDA #ACCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4C8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4C8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DCD

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DCD	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.118 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaedc',
    500: '#4c8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dcd;
$custom-light: #8aaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.767,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DCD

secondary

#D5BA9F

accent

#9348E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DCD

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

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