#4C8DE0#4C8DE0

#4C8DE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.142 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DE0
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 5.40, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 48.67, 276.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0355 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.142 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9550, 25.9655, 74.1505)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DE0 #E09F4C

analogous

#4CD7E0 #4C8DE0 #554CE0

triadic

#4C8DE0 #E04C8D #8DE04C

tetradic

#4C8DE0 #E04CD7 #E09F4C #4CE055

square

#4C8DE0 #E04CD7 #E09F4C #4CE055

split-complementary

#4C8DE0 #E0554C #D7E04C

monochromatic

#1A5197 #236DCC #4C8DE0 #80AEE9 #B4CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4C8DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4C8DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DE0

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DE0	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.142 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadea',
    500: '#4c8de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8de0;
$custom-light: #8dadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.649,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63908,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DE0

secondary

#E1C7A7

accent

#9F3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DE0

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

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