#4C8EDE#4C8EDE

#4C8EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.138 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EDE
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 4.13, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 47.15, 275.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.037 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.138 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8335, 26.1538, 72.7798)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EDE #DE9C4C

analogous

#4CD7DE #4C8EDE #534CDE

triadic

#4C8EDE #DE4C8E #8EDE4C

tetradic

#4C8EDE #DE4CD7 #DE9C4C #4CDE53

square

#4C8EDE #DE4CD7 #DE9C4C #4CDE53

split-complementary

#4C8EDE #DE534C #D7DE4C

monochromatic

#1B5294 #256FC8 #4C8EDE #80AFE8 #B3CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4C8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4C8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EDE

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EDE	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5686DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.138 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caee8',
    500: '#4c8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ede;
$custom-light: #8caee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.877,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64014,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EDE

secondary

#E0C6A6

accent

#9C3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EDE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →