#4C8EA7#4C8EA7

#4C8EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.077 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA7
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -13.77, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 23.97, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.0546 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.077 225)
XYZ	xyz(19.6259, 23.6708, 40.0864)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA7 #A7654C

analogous

#4CA793 #4C8EA7 #4C60A7

triadic

#4C8EA7 #A74C8E #8EA74C

tetradic

#4C8EA7 #934CA7 #A7654C #60A74C

square

#4C8EA7 #934CA7 #A7654C #60A74C

split-complementary

#4C8EA7 #A74C60 #A7934C

monochromatic

#264653 #396A7D #4C8EA7 #72A9BF #9CC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4C8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4C8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA7	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.077 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc1',
    500: '#4c8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea7;
$custom-light: #85afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.484,
    "s": 37.449,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61302,
    "c": 0.0771,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.23673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA7

secondary

#BE9D90

accent

#7A5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA7

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

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