#4D8BC8#4D8BC8

#4D8BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.113 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BC8
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(210, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -1.35, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 37.60, 267.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0391 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.113 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7147, 24.2110, 58.1085)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BC8 #C88A4D

analogous

#4DC8C8 #4D8BC8 #4D4EC8

triadic

#4D8BC8 #C84D8B #8BC84D

tetradic

#4D8BC8 #C84DC8 #C88A4D #4EC84D

square

#4D8BC8 #C84DC8 #C88A4D #4EC84D

split-complementary

#4D8BC8 #C84D4E #C8C84D

monochromatic

#244E76 #336CA5 #4D8BC8 #7CA9D6 #ABC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4D8BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4D8BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BC8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BC8	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)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6082C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.113 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd9',
    500: '#4d8bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8bc8;
$custom-light: #89acd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.756,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BC8

secondary

#D2B89E

accent

#934CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BC8

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

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