#4D8AAD#4D8AAD

#4D8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.083 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8AAD
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(202, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -9.48, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 26.24, 248.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0469 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.083 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6891, 22.7701, 42.8846)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8AAD #AD704D

analogous

#4DADA0 #4D8AAD #4D5AAD

triadic

#4D8AAD #AD4D8A #8AAD4D

tetradic

#4D8AAD #A04DAD #AD704D #5AAD4D

square

#4D8AAD #A04DAD #AD704D #5AAD4D

split-complementary

#4D8AAD #AD4D5A #ADA04D

monochromatic

#274658 #3A6883 #4D8AAD #75A6C2 #A0C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4D8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4D8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8AAD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8AAD	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.083 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc5',
    500: '#4d8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8aad;
$custom-light: #86acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.875,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60657,
    "c": 0.0828,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8AAD

secondary

#C2A594

accent

#8459CE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8AAD

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

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