#4D8BB5#4D8BB5

#4D8BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.091 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BB5
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, -7.52, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 29.08, 255.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0452 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.091 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6306, 23.3774, 47.1322)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BB5 #B5774D

analogous

#4DB5AB #4D8BB5 #4D57B5

triadic

#4D8BB5 #B54D8B #8BB54D

tetradic

#4D8BB5 #AB4DB5 #B5774D #57B54D

square

#4D8BB5 #AB4DB5 #B5774D #57B54D

split-complementary

#4D8BB5 #B54D57 #B5AB4D

monochromatic

#284960 #3A6A8B #4D8BB5 #78A7C7 #A3C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4D8BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4D8BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BB5

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BB5	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.091 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87accb',
    500: '#4d8bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8bb5;
$custom-light: #87accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.231,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6126,
    "c": 0.09066,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BB5

secondary

#C6AA98

accent

#8857D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BB5

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

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