#4D8A9E#4D8A9E

#4D8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.070 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8A9E
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -14.04, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 21.84, 229.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0526 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.07 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3183, 22.2218, 35.6650)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8A9E #9E614D

analogous

#4D9E89 #4D8A9E #4D619E

triadic

#4D8A9E #9E4D8A #8A9E4D

tetradic

#4D8A9E #894D9E #9E614D #619E4D

square

#4D8A9E #894D9E #9E614D #619E4D

split-complementary

#4D8A9E #9E4D61 #9E894D

monochromatic

#25424C #396675 #4D8A9E #6FA7B9 #98C0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4D8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#4D8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8A9E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8A9E	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.070 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acba',
    500: '#4d8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8a9e;
$custom-light: #85acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.815,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60012,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8A9E

secondary

#BA988D

accent

#785DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8A9E

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

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