#4C8EBC#4C8EBC

#4C8EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EBC
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -7.19, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 31.15, 256.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0469 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.097 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7272, 24.5113, 51.1534)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EBC #BC7A4C

analogous

#4CBCB2 #4C8EBC #4C56BC

triadic

#4C8EBC #BC4C8E #8EBC4C

tetradic

#4C8EBC #B24CBC #BC7A4C #56BC4C

square

#4C8EBC #B24CBC #BC7A4C #56BC4C

split-complementary

#4C8EBC #BC4C56 #BCB24C

monochromatic

#274D67 #376E94 #4C8EBC #79AACD #A5C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4C8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4C8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EBC

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EBC	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd0',
    500: '#4c8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ebc;
$custom-light: #87afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.643,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62246,
    "c": 0.09709,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EBC

secondary

#CAAE99

accent

#8853D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EBC

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

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