#4C8ED9#4C8ED9

#4C8ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.132 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8ED9
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 2.42, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 44.64, 273.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0383 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.132 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1733, 25.8898, 69.3028)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8ED9 #D9974C

analogous

#4CD4D9 #4C8ED9 #514CD9

triadic

#4C8ED9 #D94C8E #8ED94C

tetradic

#4C8ED9 #D94CD4 #D9974C #4CD951

square

#4C8ED9 #D94CD4 #D9974C #4CD951

split-complementary

#4C8ED9 #D9514C #D4D94C

monochromatic

#1E528D #296FBF #4C8ED9 #7EAEE4 #B1CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4C8ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4C8ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8ED9

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8ED9	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D93DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.132 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee5',
    500: '#4c8ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ed9;
$custom-light: #8baee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63737,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8ED9

secondary

#DDC2A4

accent

#9940E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8ED9

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

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