#4C8EA4#4C8EA4

#4C8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.075 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA4
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -14.67, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 23.28, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0557 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.075 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3518, 23.5611, 38.6427)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA4 #A4624C

analogous

#4CA48E #4C8EA4 #4C62A4

triadic

#4C8EA4 #A44C8E #8EA44C

tetradic

#4C8EA4 #8E4CA4 #A4624C #62A44C

square

#4C8EA4 #8E4CA4 #A4624C #62A44C

split-complementary

#4C8EA4 #A44C62 #A48E4C

monochromatic

#254650 #396A7A #4C8EA4 #70AABD #9AC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4C8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4C8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA4	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)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.075 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbf',
    500: '#4c8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea4;
$custom-light: #85afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61177,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA4

secondary

#BD9A8F

accent

#785BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA4

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

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