#4C9ED8#4C9ED8

#4C9ED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.117 H 242.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4C9ED8
RGBrgb(76, 158, 216)
HSLhsl(205, 64%, 57%)
HSVhsv(205, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.46, -7.11, -36.90)
CIE-LCHlch(62.46, 37.58, 259.10°)
OKLaboklab(67.29% -0.0548 -0.1039)
OKLCHoklch(67.29% 0.117 242.2)
XYZxyz(27.5973, 30.9453, 69.4711)
Luminance0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4C9ED8 #D8864C
analogous
#4CD8CC #4C9ED8 #4C58D8
triadic
#4C9ED8 #D84C9E #9ED84C
tetradic
#4C9ED8 #CC4CD8 #D8864C #58D84C
square
#4C9ED8 #CC4CD8 #D8864C #58D84C
split-complementary
#4C9ED8 #D84C58 #D8CC4C
monochromatic
#1E5E8B #2980BE #4C9ED8 #7EB9E3 #B1D4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92
#4C9ED8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19
#4C9ED8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9ED8
7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4C9ED8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4C9ED81.002.927.197.19
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1921.001.001.00
##0000007.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#849FDB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7191D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4c9ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 158, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.117 242.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbae4',
    500: '#4c9ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4c9ed8;
$custom-light: #8cbae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4c9ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67285,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 242.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4C9ED8
secondary
#DCBBA4
accent
#8641E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

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#4C9ED8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva