#4C8EE3#4C8EE3

#4C8EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.145 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8EE3
RGB	rgb(76, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 5.84, -49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 49.69, 276.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0358 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.145 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5136, 26.4259, 76.3616)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8EE3 #E3A14C

analogous

#4CD9E3 #4C8EE3 #564CE3

triadic

#4C8EE3 #E34C8E #8EE34C

tetradic

#4C8EE3 #E34CD9 #E3A14C #4CE356

square

#4C8EE3 #E34CD9 #E3A14C #4CE356

split-complementary

#4C8EE3 #E3564C #D9E34C

monochromatic

#18529C #216ED1 #4C8EE3 #81AFEB #B6D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4C8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4C8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8EE3

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8EE3	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5286E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.145 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeec',
    500: '#4c8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ee3;
$custom-light: #8daeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.775,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64298,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8EE3

secondary

#E3C9A8

accent

#9F38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8EE3

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

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