#4C8EA8#4C8EA8

#4C8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.078 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA8
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -13.46, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 24.23, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0542 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.078 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7187, 23.7079, 40.5751)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA8 #A8664C

analogous

#4CA894 #4C8EA8 #4C60A8

triadic

#4C8EA8 #A84C8E #8EA84C

tetradic

#4C8EA8 #944CA8 #A8664C #60A84C

square

#4C8EA8 #944CA8 #A8664C #60A84C

split-complementary

#4C8EA8 #A84C60 #A8944C

monochromatic

#264754 #396A7E #4C8EA8 #72A9BF #9CC3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4C8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4C8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA8

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA8	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.078 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc2',
    500: '#4c8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea8;
$custom-light: #85afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61344,
    "c": 0.07786,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA8

secondary

#BF9E91

accent

#7B5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA8

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

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