#4C8EAD#4C8EAD

#4C8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.082 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EAD
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -11.93, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 25.65, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0523 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.082 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1935, 23.8978, 43.0756)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EAD #AD6B4C

analogous

#4CAD9C #4C8EAD #4C5EAD

triadic

#4C8EAD #AD4C8E #8EAD4C

tetradic

#4C8EAD #9C4CAD #AD6B4C #5EAD4C

square

#4C8EAD #9C4CAD #AD6B4C #5EAD4C

split-complementary

#4C8EAD #AD4C5E #AD9C4C

monochromatic

#274858 #396B82 #4C8EAD #74A9C2 #9FC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4C8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4C8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EAD

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EAD	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.082 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc5',
    500: '#4c8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ead;
$custom-light: #86afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.175,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EAD

secondary

#C1A293

accent

#7F59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EAD

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

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