#4C8FA9#4C8FA9

#4C8FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.079 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8FA9
RGB	rgb(76, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -13.71, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 24.41, 235.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0549 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.079 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9617, 24.0442, 41.1175)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8FA9 #A9664C

analogous

#4CA994 #4C8FA9 #4C60A9

triadic

#4C8FA9 #A94C8F #8FA94C

tetradic

#4C8FA9 #944CA9 #A9664C #60A94C

square

#4C8FA9 #944CA9 #A9664C #60A94C

split-complementary

#4C8FA9 #A94C60 #A9944C

monochromatic

#264855 #396B7F #4C8FA9 #72AAC0 #9DC4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4C8FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4C8FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8FA9

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8FA9	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.079 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc2',
    500: '#4c8fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8fa9;
$custom-light: #85afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.774,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61626,
    "c": 0.07852,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8FA9

secondary

#BF9E91

accent

#7A5ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8FA9

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

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