#4C8EC8#4C8EC8

#4C8EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 247.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EC8
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -3.28, -36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 36.43, 264.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0431 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.111 247.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0750, 25.0504, 58.2516)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EC8 #C8864C

analogous

#4CC8C4 #4C8EC8 #4C50C8

triadic

#4C8EC8 #C84C8E #8EC84C

tetradic

#4C8EC8 #C44CC8 #C8864C #50C84C

square

#4C8EC8 #C44CC8 #C8864C #50C84C

split-complementary

#4C8EC8 #C84C50 #C8C44C

monochromatic

#244F75 #326FA4 #4C8EC8 #7BACD6 #AAC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4C8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4C8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EC8

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EC8	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 247.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed9',
    500: '#4c8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ec8;
$custom-light: #89aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.065,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 247.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EC8

secondary

#D2B69E

accent

#8F4BDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EC8

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

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