#4D8AAE#4D8AAE

#4D8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.084 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8AAE
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -9.16, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 26.61, 249.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0465 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.084 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7862, 22.8090, 43.3961)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8AAE #AE714D

analogous

#4DAEA2 #4D8AAE #4D5AAE

triadic

#4D8AAE #AE4D8A #8AAE4D

tetradic

#4D8AAE #A24DAE #AE714D #5AAE4D

square

#4D8AAE #A24DAE #AE714D #5AAE4D

split-complementary

#4D8AAE #AE4D5A #AEA24D

monochromatic

#274759 #3A6884 #4D8AAE #76A6C2 #A0C2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4D8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4D8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8AAE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8AAE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.084 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acc6',
    500: '#4d8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8aae;
$custom-light: #86acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.268,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60703,
    "c": 0.0838,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8AAE

secondary

#C2A695

accent

#8559CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8AAE

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

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