#4D8A9C#4D8A9C

#4D8A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.069 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8A9C
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -14.63, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 21.44, 226.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0534 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.069 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1475, 22.1535, 34.7658)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8A9C #9C5F4D

analogous

#4D9C86 #4D8A9C #4D629C

triadic

#4D8A9C #9C4D8A #8A9C4D

tetradic

#4D8A9C #864D9C #9C5F4D #629C4D

square

#4D8A9C #864D9C #9C5F4D #629C4D

split-complementary

#4D8A9C #9C4D62 #9C864D

monochromatic

#25424A #396673 #4D8A9C #6FA7B8 #97C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4D8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4D8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8A9C

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8A9C	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.069 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acb9',
    500: '#4d8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8a9c;
$custom-light: #84acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.671,
    "s": 33.906,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5993,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8A9C

secondary

#B8968C

accent

#765ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8A9C

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

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