#4C8EBB#4C8EBB

#4C8EBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.096 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EBB
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 187)
HSL	hsl(204, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 24.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -7.51, -29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 30.74, 255.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0473 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.096 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6198, 24.4683, 50.5876)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EBB #BB794C

analogous

#4CBBB0 #4C8EBB #4C57BB

triadic

#4C8EBB #BB4C8E #8EBB4C

tetradic

#4C8EBB #B04CBB #BB794C #57BB4C

square

#4C8EBB #B04CBB #BB794C #57BB4C

split-complementary

#4C8EBB #BB4C57 #BBB04C

monochromatic

#274C66 #386D92 #4C8EBB #78AACC #A5C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4C8EBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4C8EBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EBB

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EBB	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B83BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.096 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afcf',
    500: '#4c8ebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ebb;
$custom-light: #87afcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.324,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EBB

secondary

#CAAD99

accent

#8853D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EBB

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

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