#4D8CA2#4D8CA2

#4D8CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CA2
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -13.95, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 22.68, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0534 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.073 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9578, 22.9410, 37.6044)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CA2 #A2634D

analogous

#4DA28E #4D8CA2 #4D62A2

triadic

#4D8CA2 #A24D8C #8CA24D

tetradic

#4D8CA2 #8E4DA2 #A2634D #62A24D

square

#4D8CA2 #8E4DA2 #A2634D #62A24D

split-complementary

#4D8CA2 #A24D62 #A28E4D

monochromatic

#26444F #396879 #4D8CA2 #71A8BB #9AC1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4D8CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4D8CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CA2

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CA2	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7380A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adbd',
    500: '#4d8ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ca2;
$custom-light: #85adbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 35.565,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60658,
    "c": 0.07285,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CA2

secondary

#BC9B8F

accent

#795CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CA2

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

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