#4C8EC9#4C8EC9

#4C8EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.112 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EC9
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -2.95, -36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 36.89, 265.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0428 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.112 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1922, 25.0973, 58.8691)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EC9 #C9874C

analogous

#4CC9C6 #4C8EC9 #4C50C9

triadic

#4C8EC9 #C94C8E #8EC94C

tetradic

#4C8EC9 #C64CC9 #C9874C #50C94C

square

#4C8EC9 #C64CC9 #C9874C #50C94C

split-complementary

#4C8EC9 #C94C50 #C9C64C

monochromatic

#245077 #326FA6 #4C8EC9 #7BACD7 #AAC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4C8EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4C8EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EC9

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EC9	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.112 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed9',
    500: '#4c8ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ec9;
$custom-light: #89aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.32,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62889,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EC9

secondary

#D3B79E

accent

#904BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EC9

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

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