#4C8EC4#4C8EC4

#4C8EC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.106 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EC4
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 196)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -4.59, -34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 34.61, 262.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0443 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.106 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6136, 24.8659, 55.8217)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EC4 #C4824C

analogous

#4CC4BE #4C8EC4 #4C52C4

triadic

#4C8EC4 #C44C8E #8EC44C

tetradic

#4C8EC4 #BE4CC4 #C4824C #52C44C

square

#4C8EC4 #BE4CC4 #C4824C #52C44C

split-complementary

#4C8EC4 #C44C52 #C4BE4C

monochromatic

#254F71 #346F9F #4C8EC4 #7AABD3 #A8C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4C8EC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#4C8EC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EC4

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EC4	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.106 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed6',
    500: '#4c8ec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ec4;
$custom-light: #88aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62637,
    "c": 0.10621,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EC4

secondary

#D0B39C

accent

#8D4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EC4

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

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