#4C8ECD#4C8ECD

#4C8ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.117 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ECD
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -1.62, -38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 38.78, 267.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0416 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.117 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6689, 25.2880, 61.3795)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ECD #CD8B4C

analogous

#4CCDCB #4C8ECD #4C4ECD

triadic

#4C8ECD #CD4C8E #8ECD4C

tetradic

#4C8ECD #CB4CCD #CD8B4C #4ECD4C

square

#4C8ECD #CB4CCD #CD8B4C #4ECD4C

split-complementary

#4C8ECD #CD4C4E #CDCB4C

monochromatic

#23507C #306FAC #4C8ECD #7CACDA #ACCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4C8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4C8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ECD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ECD	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.117 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaedc',
    500: '#4c8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ecd;
$custom-light: #8aaedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.302,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63095,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ECD

secondary

#D5BA9F

accent

#9248E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ECD

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

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