#4D8AAC#4D8AAC

#4D8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.082 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8AAC
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -9.79, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 25.88, 247.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0472 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.082 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5927, 22.7316, 42.3769)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8AAC #AC6F4D

analogous

#4DAC9F #4D8AAC #4D5BAC

triadic

#4D8AAC #AC4D8A #8AAC4D

tetradic

#4D8AAC #9F4DAC #AC6F4D #5BAC4D

square

#4D8AAC #9F4DAC #AC6F4D #5BAC4D

split-complementary

#4D8AAC #AC4D5B #AC9F4D

monochromatic

#274657 #3A6882 #4D8AAC #75A6C1 #9FC1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4D8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4D8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8AAC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8AAC	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.082 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc4',
    500: '#4d8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8aac;
$custom-light: #86acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.474,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60612,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8AAC

secondary

#C1A494

accent

#835ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8AAC

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

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