#4C8EA2#4C8EA2

#4C8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.074 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA2
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -15.27, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 22.88, 228.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% -0.0565 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.074 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1726, 23.4895, 37.6990)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA2 #A2604C

analogous

#4CA28B #4C8EA2 #4C63A2

triadic

#4C8EA2 #A24C8E #8EA24C

tetradic

#4C8EA2 #8B4CA2 #A2604C #63A24C

square

#4C8EA2 #8B4CA2 #A2604C #63A24C

split-complementary

#4C8EA2 #A24C63 #A28B4C

monochromatic

#25454F #386978 #4C8EA2 #70AABC #99C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4C8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4C8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA2	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.074 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbd',
    500: '#4c8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea2;
$custom-light: #85afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.953,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61095,
    "c": 0.07364,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA2

secondary

#BC998E

accent

#765CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA2

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

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