#4C8EE2#4C8EE2

#4C8EE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.144 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EE2
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 37.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 5.50, -48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 49.18, 276.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.036 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.144 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3760, 26.3708, 75.6368)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EE2 #E2A04C

analogous

#4CD9E2 #4C8EE2 #554CE2

triadic

#4C8EE2 #E24C8E #8EE24C

tetradic

#4C8EE2 #E24CD9 #E2A04C #4CE255

square

#4C8EE2 #E24CD9 #E2A04C #4CE255

split-complementary

#4C8EE2 #E2554C #D9E24C

monochromatic

#19529B #226ECF #4C8EE2 #81AFEB #B5D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4C8EE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4C8EE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EE2

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EE2	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5386E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.144 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeeb',
    500: '#4c8ee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ee2;
$custom-light: #8daeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.14355,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EE2

secondary

#E2C8A8

accent

#9F39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EE2

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

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