#4D8BCD#4D8BCD

#4D8BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BCD
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 0.32, -40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 40.03, 270.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0377 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.119 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3086, 24.4486, 61.2365)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BCD #CD8F4D

analogous

#4DCBCD #4D8BCD #4F4DCD

triadic

#4D8BCD #CD4D8B #8BCD4D

tetradic

#4D8BCD #CD4DCB #CD8F4D #4DCD4F

square

#4D8BCD #CD4DCB #CD8F4D #4DCD4F

split-complementary

#4D8BCD #CD4F4D #CBCD4D

monochromatic

#234E7D #306CAC #4D8BCD #7DAADA #ADC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4D8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4D8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BCD

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BCD	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aacdc',
    500: '#4d8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8bcd;
$custom-light: #8aacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.938,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BCD

secondary

#D6BCA0

accent

#9648DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BCD

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

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