#4C8EBD#4C8EBD

#4C8EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.098 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EBD
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -6.87, -30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 31.57, 257.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0466 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.098 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8354, 24.5546, 51.7230)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EBD #BD7B4C

analogous

#4CBDB4 #4C8EBD #4C56BD

triadic

#4C8EBD #BD4C8E #8EBD4C

tetradic

#4C8EBD #B44CBD #BD7B4C #56BD4C

square

#4C8EBD #B44CBD #BD7B4C #56BD4C

split-complementary

#4C8EBD #BD4C56 #BDB44C

monochromatic

#264D68 #376E95 #4C8EBD #79AACD #A5C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4C8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4C8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EBD

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EBD	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.098 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afd1',
    500: '#4c8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ebd;
$custom-light: #88afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.956,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62294,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EBD

secondary

#CBAE9A

accent

#8952D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EBD

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

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