#4C8EA0#4C8EA0

#4C8EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.072 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA0
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -15.86, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 22.53, 225.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0573 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.072 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9962, 23.4189, 36.7701)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA0 #A05E4C

analogous

#4CA088 #4C8EA0 #4C64A0

triadic

#4C8EA0 #A04C8E #8EA04C

tetradic

#4C8EA0 #884CA0 #A05E4C #64A04C

square

#4C8EA0 #884CA0 #A05E4C #64A04C

split-complementary

#4C8EA0 #A04C64 #A0884C

monochromatic

#25444D #386977 #4C8EA0 #6FAABA #98C3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4C8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4C8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA0

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA0	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.072 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbc',
    500: '#4c8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea0;
$custom-light: #84afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 35.593,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61014,
    "c": 0.07244,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA0

secondary

#BB978D

accent

#745CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA0

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

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