#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
RGBrgb(77, 138, 206)
HSLhsl(212, 57%, 55%)
HSVhsv(212, 63%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(62.6%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(56.30, 1.24, -40.97)
CIE-LCHlch(56.30, 40.99, 271.73°)
OKLaboklab(62.29% -0.0363 -0.1159)
OKLCHoklch(62.29% 0.121 252.6)
XYZxyz(23.2856, 24.2088, 61.8262)
Luminance0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##4D8ACE1.003.595.845.84
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8421.001.001.00
##0000005.8421.001.001.00

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

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#4D8ACE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva