#4C8FAD#4C8FAD

#4C8FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.082 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8FAD
RGB	rgb(76, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -12.48, -22.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 25.51, 240.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0534 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.082 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3429, 24.1967, 43.1255)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8FAD #AD6A4C

analogous

#4CAD9B #4C8FAD #4C5FAD

triadic

#4C8FAD #AD4C8F #8FAD4C

tetradic

#4C8FAD #9B4CAD #AD6A4C #5FAD4C

square

#4C8FAD #9B4CAD #AD6A4C #5FAD4C

split-complementary

#4C8FAD #AD4C5F #AD9B4C

monochromatic

#274958 #396C82 #4C8FAD #74AAC2 #9FC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4C8FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4C8FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8FAD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8FAD	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.082 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc5',
    500: '#4c8fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8fad;
$custom-light: #86afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.557,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61798,
    "c": 0.08178,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8FAD

secondary

#C1A293

accent

#7D59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8FAD

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

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