#4D8CD0#4D8CD0

#4D8CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.122 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CD0
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 0.74, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 41.05, 271.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0379 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.122 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8197, 24.8857, 63.2104)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CD0 #D0914D

analogous

#4DCDD0 #4D8CD0 #4F4DD0

triadic

#4D8CD0 #D04D8C #8CD04D

tetradic

#4D8CD0 #D04DCD #D0914D #4DD04F

square

#4D8CD0 #D04DCD #D0914D #4DD04F

split-complementary

#4D8CD0 #D04F4D #CDD04D

monochromatic

#224F81 #2F6DB1 #4D8CD0 #7DABDD #AECBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4D8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4D8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CD0

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CD0	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F90D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.122 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8badde',
    500: '#4d8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8cd0;
$custom-light: #8badde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.145,
    "s": 58.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62845,
    "c": 0.12212,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CD0

secondary

#D8BDA1

accent

#9746E1

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CD0

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

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