#4D8ACE#4D8ACE

#4D8ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8ACE
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 1.24, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 40.99, 271.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0363 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.121 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2856, 24.2088, 61.8262)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8ACE #CE914D

analogous

#4DCACE #4D8ACE #504DCE

triadic

#4D8ACE #CE4D8A #8ACE4D

tetradic

#4D8ACE #CE4DCA #CE914D #4DCE50

square

#4D8ACE #CE4DCA #CE914D #4DCE50

split-complementary

#4D8ACE #CE504D #CACE4D

monochromatic

#234E7E #306BAE #4D8ACE #7DAADB #ADC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4D8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4D8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8ACE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8ACE	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabdd',
    500: '#4d8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ace;
$custom-light: #8aabdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.628,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62291,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8ACE

secondary

#D6BDA1

accent

#9848E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8ACE

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

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