#4C8EB2#4C8EB2

#4C8EB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.087 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EB2
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 178)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 20.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -10.37, -25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 27.31, 247.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0504 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.087 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6864, 24.0950, 45.6715)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EB2 #B2704C

analogous

#4CB2A3 #4C8EB2 #4C5BB2

triadic

#4C8EB2 #B24C8E #8EB24C

tetradic

#4C8EB2 #A34CB2 #B2704C #5BB24C

square

#4C8EB2 #A34CB2 #B2704C #5BB24C

split-complementary

#4C8EB2 #B24C5B #B2A34C

monochromatic

#274A5C #3A6C87 #4C8EB2 #76A9C5 #A1C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4C8EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4C8EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EB2

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EB2	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.087 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc9',
    500: '#4c8eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8eb2;
$custom-light: #86afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EB2

secondary

#C4A696

accent

#8258D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EB2

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

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