#4D8DBD#4D8DBD

#4D8DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8DBD
RGB	rgb(77, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -6.10, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 31.79, 258.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0447 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.098 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7674, 24.2997, 51.6774)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8DBD #BD7D4D

analogous

#4DBDB5 #4D8DBD #4D55BD

triadic

#4D8DBD #BD4D8D #8DBD4D

tetradic

#4D8DBD #B54DBD #BD7D4D #55BD4D

square

#4D8DBD #B54DBD #BD7D4D #55BD4D

split-complementary

#4D8DBD #BD4D55 #BDB54D

monochromatic

#274D69 #376D95 #4D8DBD #7AAACE #A6C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4D8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4D8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8DBD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8DBD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6982BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed1',
    500: '#4d8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8dbd;
$custom-light: #88aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62106,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8DBD

secondary

#CBAF9A

accent

#8B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8DBD

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

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