#4C9EC8#4C9EC8

#4C9EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.101 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9EC8
RGB	rgb(76, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -12.28, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 31.52, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0602 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.101 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6287, 30.1578, 59.1028)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9EC8 #C8764C

analogous

#4CC8B4 #4C9EC8 #4C60C8

triadic

#4C9EC8 #C84C9E #9EC84C

tetradic

#4C9EC8 #B44CC8 #C8764C #60C84C

square

#4C9EC8 #B44CC8 #C8764C #60C84C

split-complementary

#4C9EC8 #C84C60 #C8B44C

monochromatic

#245A75 #327EA4 #4C9EC8 #7BB7D6 #AAD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4C9EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#4C9EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9EC8

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9EC8	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.101 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad8',
    500: '#4c9ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9ec8;
$custom-light: #89bad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.323,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66531,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9EC8

secondary

#D2AF9E

accent

#7D4BDC

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9EC8

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

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