#4C8FA8#4C8FA8

#4C8FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.078 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8FA8
RGB	rgb(76, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -14.01, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 24.16, 234.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0553 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.078 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8681, 24.0068, 40.6250)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8FA8 #A8654C

analogous

#4CA893 #4C8FA8 #4C61A8

triadic

#4C8FA8 #A84C8F #8FA84C

tetradic

#4C8FA8 #934CA8 #A8654C #61A84C

square

#4C8FA8 #934CA8 #A8654C #61A84C

split-complementary

#4C8FA8 #A84C61 #A8934C

monochromatic

#264754 #396B7E #4C8FA8 #72AABF #9CC4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4C8FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4C8FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8FA8

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8FA8	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.078 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc2',
    500: '#4c8fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8fa8;
$custom-light: #85afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.304,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61584,
    "c": 0.07777,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8FA8

secondary

#BF9D91

accent

#7A5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8FA8

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

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