#4C8FAE#4C8FAE

#4C8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.083 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8FAE
RGB	rgb(76, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -12.18, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 25.81, 241.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.053 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.083 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4400, 24.2356, 43.6370)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8FAE #AE6B4C

analogous

#4CAE9C #4C8FAE #4C5EAE

triadic

#4C8FAE #AE4C8F #8FAE4C

tetradic

#4C8FAE #9C4CAE #AE6B4C #5EAE4C

square

#4C8FAE #9C4CAE #AE6B4C #5EAE4C

split-complementary

#4C8FAE #AE4C5E #AE9C4C

monochromatic

#274959 #396C83 #4C8FAE #75AAC3 #9FC4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4C8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4C8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8FAE

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8FAE	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.083 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc6',
    500: '#4c8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8fae;
$custom-light: #86afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61841,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8FAE

secondary

#C2A294

accent

#7E59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8FAE

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

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