#4C8EA9#4C8EA9

#4C8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.079 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EA9
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -13.16, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 24.49, 237.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0538 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.079 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8122, 23.7453, 41.0677)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EA9 #A9674C

analogous

#4CA995 #4C8EA9 #4C60A9

triadic

#4C8EA9 #A94C8E #8EA94C

tetradic

#4C8EA9 #954CA9 #A9674C #60A94C

square

#4C8EA9 #954CA9 #A9674C #60A94C

split-complementary

#4C8EA9 #A94C60 #A9954C

monochromatic

#264755 #396B7F #4C8EA9 #72A9C0 #9DC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4C8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4C8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EA9

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EA9	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.079 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc2',
    500: '#4c8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ea9;
$custom-light: #85afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.419,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61387,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EA9

secondary

#BF9F91

accent

#7C5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EA9

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

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