#4C8DD9#4C8DD9

#4C8DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.133 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DD9
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 3.01, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 45.12, 273.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0373 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.133 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0252, 25.5935, 69.2534)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DD9 #D9984C

analogous

#4CD4D9 #4C8DD9 #514CD9

triadic

#4C8DD9 #D94C8D #8DD94C

tetradic

#4C8DD9 #D94CD4 #D9984C #4CD951

square

#4C8DD9 #D94CD4 #D9984C #4CD951

split-complementary

#4C8DD9 #D9514C #D4D94C

monochromatic

#1E518D #296EBF #4C8DD9 #7EADE4 #B1CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4C8DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4C8DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DD9

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DD9	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.133 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee5',
    500: '#4c8dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8dd9;
$custom-light: #8baee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.34,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DD9

secondary

#DDC3A4

accent

#9A40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DD9

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

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