#4C99C8#4C99C8

#4C99C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.103 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C99C8
RGB	rgb(76, 153, 200)
HSL	hsl(203, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -9.52, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 32.71, 253.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0548 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.103 238)
XYZ	xyz(24.7931, 28.4867, 58.8243)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C99C8 #C87B4C

analogous

#4CC8B9 #4C99C8 #4C5BC8

triadic

#4C99C8 #C84C99 #99C84C

tetradic

#4C99C8 #B94CC8 #C87B4C #5BC84C

square

#4C99C8 #B94CC8 #C87B4C #5BC84C

split-complementary

#4C99C8 #C84C5B #C8B94C

monochromatic

#245775 #3279A4 #4C99C8 #7BB4D6 #AACEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#4C99C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#4C99C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C99C8

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C99C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C99C8	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8398CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c99c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 153, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.103 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7d9',
    500: '#4c99c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c99c8;
$custom-light: #89b7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c99c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.742,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65368,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.28489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C99C8

secondary

#D2B29E

accent

#824BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C99C8

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

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