#4D8DAE#4D8DAE

#4D8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.083 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8DAE
RGB	rgb(77, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -10.85, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 25.98, 245.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.05 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.083 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2226, 23.6817, 43.5415)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8DAE #AE6E4D

analogous

#4DAE9F #4D8DAE #4D5DAE

triadic

#4D8DAE #AE4D8D #8DAE4D

tetradic

#4D8DAE #9F4DAE #AE6E4D #5DAE4D

square

#4D8DAE #9F4DAE #AE6E4D #5DAE4D

split-complementary

#4D8DAE #AE4D5D #AE9F4D

monochromatic

#274859 #3A6B84 #4D8DAE #76A8C2 #A0C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4D8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4D8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8DAE

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8DAE	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.083 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aec6',
    500: '#4d8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8dae;
$custom-light: #86aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.412,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61411,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8DAE

secondary

#C2A495

accent

#8159CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8DAE

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

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