#4D8ACD#4D8ACD

#4D8ACD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8ACD
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 0.91, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 40.49, 271.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0366 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.12 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1645, 24.1603, 61.1884)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8ACD #CD904D

analogous

#4DCACD #4D8ACD #504DCD

triadic

#4D8ACD #CD4D8A #8ACD4D

tetradic

#4D8ACD #CD4DCA #CD904D #4DCD50

square

#4D8ACD #CD4DCA #CD904D #4DCD50

split-complementary

#4D8ACD #CD504D #CACD4D

monochromatic

#234E7D #306BAC #4D8ACD #7DA9DA #ADC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4D8ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4D8ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8ACD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8ACD	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C81CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabdc',
    500: '#4d8acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8acd;
$custom-light: #8aabdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.406,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62237,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8ACD

secondary

#D6BCA0

accent

#9748DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8ACD

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

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