#4D8ABE#4D8ABE

#4D8ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.102 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8ABE
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(208, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -4.05, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 33.32, 263.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0411 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.102 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4399, 23.4705, 52.1056)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8ABE #BE814D

analogous

#4DBEBA #4D8ABE #4D51BE

triadic

#4D8ABE #BE4D8A #8ABE4D

tetradic

#4D8ABE #BA4DBE #BE814D #51BE4D

square

#4D8ABE #BA4DBE #BE814D #51BE4D

split-complementary

#4D8ABE #BE4D51 #BEBA4D

monochromatic

#274B6A #376B97 #4D8ABE #7AA7CE #A7C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4D8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4D8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8ABE

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8ABE	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.102 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd2',
    500: '#4d8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8abe;
$custom-light: #88acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.611,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61463,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8ABE

secondary

#CCB19B

accent

#8F52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8ABE

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

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