#4C8EC3#4C8EC3

#4C8EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.105 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EC3
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -4.92, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 34.16, 261.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0446 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.105 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5002, 24.8205, 55.2243)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EC3 #C3814C

analogous

#4CC3BD #4C8EC3 #4C52C3

triadic

#4C8EC3 #C34C8E #8EC34C

tetradic

#4C8EC3 #BD4CC3 #C3814C #52C34C

square

#4C8EC3 #BD4CC3 #C3814C #52C34C

split-complementary

#4C8EC3 #C34C52 #C3BD4C

monochromatic

#254E6F #356F9D #4C8EC3 #7AABD2 #A8C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4C8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4C8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EC3

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EC3	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6783C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.105 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed5',
    500: '#4c8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ec3;
$custom-light: #88aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.723,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62587,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EC3

secondary

#CFB39C

accent

#8C4ED9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EC3

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

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