#4C8ECE#4C8ECE

#4C8ECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ECE
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 31.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -1.28, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 39.25, 268.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0413 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.118 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7900, 25.3364, 62.0172)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ECE #CE8C4C

analogous

#4CCECD #4C8ECE #4C4DCE

triadic

#4C8ECE #CE4C8E #8ECE4C

tetradic

#4C8ECE #CD4CCE #CE8C4C #4DCE4C

square

#4C8ECE #CD4CCE #CE8C4C #4DCE4C

split-complementary

#4C8ECE #CE4C4D #CECD4C

monochromatic

#22517D #2F6FAD #4C8ECE #7CACDB #ACCBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4C8ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4C8ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ECE

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ECE	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7291D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaedd',
    500: '#4c8ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ece;
$custom-light: #8aaedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.538,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63147,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ECE

secondary

#D6BAA0

accent

#9348E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ECE

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

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