#4C8DE3#4C8DE3

#4C8DE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.146 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DE3
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.9%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 6.43, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 50.21, 277.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0348 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.146 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3655, 26.1296, 76.3122)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DE3 #E3A24C

analogous

#4CD9E3 #4C8DE3 #574CE3

triadic

#4C8DE3 #E34C8D #8DE34C

tetradic

#4C8DE3 #E34CD9 #E3A24C #4CE357

square

#4C8DE3 #E34CD9 #E3A24C #4CE357

split-complementary

#4C8DE3 #E3574C #D9E34C

monochromatic

#18519C #216DD1 #4C8DE3 #81AFEB #B6D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4C8DE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4C8DE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DE3

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DE3	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6693E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8de3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.146 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadec',
    500: '#4c8de3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8de3;
$custom-light: #8dadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8de3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.172,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DE3

secondary

#E3C9A8

accent

#A138F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DE3

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

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