#4C8EB5#4C8EB5

#4C8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.090 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EB5
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -9.43, -26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 28.39, 250.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0493 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.09 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9909, 24.2168, 47.2752)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EB5 #B5734C

analogous

#4CB5A8 #4C8EB5 #4C59B5

triadic

#4C8EB5 #B54C8E #8EB54C

tetradic

#4C8EB5 #A84CB5 #B5734C #59B54C

square

#4C8EB5 #A84CB5 #B5734C #59B54C

split-complementary

#4C8EB5 #B54C59 #B5A84C

monochromatic

#274A5F #396C8B #4C8EB5 #77A9C7 #A3C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4C8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4C8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EB5

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EB5	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#7C8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.090 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afcb',
    500: '#4c8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8eb5;
$custom-light: #87afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61919,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EB5

secondary

#C6A897

accent

#8456D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EB5

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

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