#4C8EAE#4C8EAE

#4C8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.083 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EAE
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -11.62, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 25.97, 243.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0519 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.083 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.2906, 23.9367, 43.5871)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EAE #AE6C4C

analogous

#4CAE9D #4C8EAE #4C5DAE

triadic

#4C8EAE #AE4C8E #8EAE4C

tetradic

#4C8EAE #9D4CAE #AE6C4C #5DAE4C

square

#4C8EAE #9D4CAE #AE6C4C #5DAE4C

split-complementary

#4C8EAE #AE4C5D #AE9D4C

monochromatic

#274859 #396B83 #4C8EAE #75A9C3 #9FC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4C8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4C8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EAE

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EAE	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.083 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc6',
    500: '#4c8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8eae;
$custom-light: #86afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61604,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EAE

secondary

#C2A394

accent

#7F59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EAE

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

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