#4C8FAB#4C8FAB

#4C8FAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.080 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8FAB
RGB	rgb(76, 143, 171)
HSL	hsl(198, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 16.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -13.10, -21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 24.94, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0542 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.08 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1508, 24.1199, 42.1139)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8FAB #AB684C

analogous

#4CAB97 #4C8FAB #4C5FAB

triadic

#4C8FAB #AB4C8F #8FAB4C

tetradic

#4C8FAB #974CAB #AB684C #5FAB4C

square

#4C8FAB #974CAB #AB684C #5FAB4C

split-complementary

#4C8FAB #AB4C5F #AB974C

monochromatic

#264856 #396C81 #4C8FAB #73AAC1 #9EC4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4C8FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4C8FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8FAB

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8FAB	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 143, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.080 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc4',
    500: '#4c8fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8fab;
$custom-light: #86afc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.684,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61712,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8FAB

secondary

#C0A092

accent

#7C59CE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8FAB

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

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