#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
RGB	rgb(76, 158, 216)
HSL	hsl(205, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 26.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -7.11, -36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 37.58, 259.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0548 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.117 242.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5973, 30.9453, 69.4711)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4C9ED8	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4C9ED8

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

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