#4D8BA2#4D8BA2

#4D8BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.073 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BA2
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -13.40, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 22.72, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0522 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.073 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8123, 22.6501, 37.5559)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BA2 #A2644D

analogous

#4DA28F #4D8BA2 #4D61A2

triadic

#4D8BA2 #A24D8B #8BA24D

tetradic

#4D8BA2 #8F4DA2 #A2644D #61A24D

square

#4D8BA2 #8F4DA2 #A2644D #61A24D

split-complementary

#4D8BA2 #A24D61 #A28F4D

monochromatic

#26444F #396779 #4D8BA2 #71A7BB #9AC1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4D8BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#4D8BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BA2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BA2	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E88A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.073 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbd',
    500: '#4d8ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ba2;
$custom-light: #85adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 35.565,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60418,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BA2

secondary

#BC9B8F

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BA2

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

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