#4C8EA6#4C8EA6

#4C8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.076 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA6
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -14.07, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 23.73, 233.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0549 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.076 224)
XYZ	xyz(19.5338, 23.6340, 39.6014)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA6 #A6644C

analogous

#4CA691 #4C8EA6 #4C61A6

triadic

#4C8EA6 #A64C8E #8EA64C

tetradic

#4C8EA6 #914CA6 #A6644C #61A64C

square

#4C8EA6 #914CA6 #A6644C #61A64C

split-complementary

#4C8EA6 #A64C61 #A6914C

monochromatic

#264652 #396A7C #4C8EA6 #71AABE #9BC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4C8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4C8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA6

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA6	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.076 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc0',
    500: '#4c8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea6;
$custom-light: #85afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6126,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.23636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA6

secondary

#BE9C90

accent

#795BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA6

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

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