#4C8EB4#4C8EB4

#4C8EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.089 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EB4
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -9.74, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 28.02, 249.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0497 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.089 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8886, 24.1759, 46.7368)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EB4 #B4724C

analogous

#4CB4A6 #4C8EB4 #4C5AB4

triadic

#4C8EB4 #B44C8E #8EB44C

tetradic

#4C8EB4 #A64CB4 #B4724C #5AB44C

square

#4C8EB4 #A64CB4 #B4724C #5AB44C

split-complementary

#4C8EB4 #B44C5A #B4A64C

monochromatic

#274A5E #3A6C89 #4C8EB4 #77A9C6 #A2C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4C8EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4C8EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EB4

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EB4	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.089 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afca',
    500: '#4c8eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8eb4;
$custom-light: #86afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.923,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61873,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EB4

secondary

#C5A897

accent

#8457D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EB4

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

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