#4C8EA3#4C8EA3

#4C8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.074 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA3
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -14.97, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 23.07, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0561 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.074 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2618, 23.5252, 38.1690)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA3 #A3614C

analogous

#4CA38D #4C8EA3 #4C62A3

triadic

#4C8EA3 #A34C8E #8EA34C

tetradic

#4C8EA3 #8D4CA3 #A3614C #62A34C

square

#4C8EA3 #8D4CA3 #A3614C #62A34C

split-complementary

#4C8EA3 #A34C62 #A38D4C

monochromatic

#254550 #396A79 #4C8EA3 #70AABC #9AC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4C8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA3	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.074 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbe',
    500: '#4c8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea3;
$custom-light: #85afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.483,
    "s": 36.402,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61136,
    "c": 0.07428,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA3

secondary

#BC9A8F

accent

#775BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA3

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

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