#4C8EB9#4C8EB9

#4C8EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.094 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EB9
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -8.16, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 29.94, 254.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0479 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.094 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4072, 24.3833, 49.4678)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EB9 #B9774C

analogous

#4CB9AD #4C8EB9 #4C57B9

triadic

#4C8EB9 #B94C8E #8EB94C

tetradic

#4C8EB9 #AD4CB9 #B9774C #57B94C

square

#4C8EB9 #AD4CB9 #B9774C #57B94C

split-complementary

#4C8EB9 #B94C57 #B9AD4C

monochromatic

#274C64 #386D90 #4C8EB9 #78AACA #A4C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4C8EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4C8EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EB9

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EB9	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.094 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afce',
    500: '#4c8eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8eb9;
$custom-light: #87afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.67,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62104,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EB9

secondary

#C8AB98

accent

#8654D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EB9

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

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