#4D8AAB#4D8AAB

#4D8AAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.081 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8AAB
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 171)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 19.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, -10.10, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 25.53, 246.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0476 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.081 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4970, 22.6933, 41.8730)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8AAB #AB6E4D

analogous

#4DAB9D #4D8AAB #4D5BAB

triadic

#4D8AAB #AB4D8A #8AAB4D

tetradic

#4D8AAB #9D4DAB #AB6E4D #5BAB4D

square

#4D8AAB #9D4DAB #AB6E4D #5BAB4D

split-complementary

#4D8AAB #AB4D5B #AB9D4D

monochromatic

#274657 #3A6881 #4D8AAB #75A6C1 #9FC1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4D8AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4D8AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8AAB

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8AAB	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.081 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc4',
    500: '#4d8aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8aab;
$custom-light: #86acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.064,
    "s": 37.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60568,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8AAB

secondary

#C0A393

accent

#835ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8AAB

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

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