#4C8EA5#4C8EA5

#4C8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.076 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA5
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -14.37, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 23.50, 232.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0553 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.076 223)
XYZ	xyz(19.4424, 23.5974, 39.1202)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA5 #A5634C

analogous

#4CA590 #4C8EA5 #4C61A5

triadic

#4C8EA5 #A54C8E #8EA54C

tetradic

#4C8EA5 #904CA5 #A5634C #61A54C

square

#4C8EA5 #904CA5 #A5634C #61A54C

split-complementary

#4C8EA5 #A54C61 #A5904C

monochromatic

#254651 #396A7B #4C8EA5 #71AABD #9BC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4C8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA5

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA5	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.076 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbf',
    500: '#4c8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea5;
$custom-light: #85afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.506,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61218,
    "c": 0.07564,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.23599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA5

secondary

#BD9B8F

accent

#785BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA5

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

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