#4C8DE5#4C8DE5

#4C8DE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.148 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8DE5
RGB	rgb(76, 141, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 38.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, 7.12, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 51.24, 277.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0344 -0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.148 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6431, 26.2407, 77.7744)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8DE5 #E5A44C

analogous

#4CD9E5 #4C8DE5 #584CE5

triadic

#4C8DE5 #E54C8D #8DE54C

tetradic

#4C8DE5 #E54CD9 #E5A44C #4CE558

square

#4C8DE5 #E54CD9 #E5A44C #4CE558

split-complementary

#4C8DE5 #E5584C #D9E54C

monochromatic

#17519F #1F6CD5 #4C8DE5 #81AFED #B7D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4C8DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4C8DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8DE5

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8DE5	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 141, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.148 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daded',
    500: '#4c8de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8de5;
$custom-light: #8daded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.51,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8DE5

secondary

#E4CBA9

accent

#A237F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8DE5

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

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