#4C8DE2#4C8DE2

#4C8DE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.145 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DE2
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 37.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 6.09, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 49.69, 277.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0351 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.145 256)
XYZ	xyz(26.2279, 26.0746, 75.5874)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DE2 #E2A14C

analogous

#4CD8E2 #4C8DE2 #564CE2

triadic

#4C8DE2 #E24C8D #8DE24C

tetradic

#4C8DE2 #E24CD8 #E2A14C #4CE256

square

#4C8DE2 #E24CD8 #E2A14C #4CE256

split-complementary

#4C8DE2 #E2564C #D8E24C

monochromatic

#19519B #226DCF #4C8DE2 #81AFEB #B5D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4C8DE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4C8DE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DE2

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DE2	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6793E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5185E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8de2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.145 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadeb',
    500: '#4c8de2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8de2;
$custom-light: #8dadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8de2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64023,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.26077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DE2

secondary

#E2C9A8

accent

#A039EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DE2

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

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