#4D8DBE#4D8DBE

#4D8DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8DBE
RGB	rgb(77, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -5.78, -31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 32.23, 259.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0444 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.099 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8763, 24.3432, 52.2511)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8DBE #BE7E4D

analogous

#4DBEB7 #4D8DBE #4D54BE

triadic

#4D8DBE #BE4D8D #8DBE4D

tetradic

#4D8DBE #B74DBE #BE7E4D #54BE4D

square

#4D8DBE #B74DBE #BE7E4D #54BE4D

split-complementary

#4D8DBE #BE4D54 #BEB74D

monochromatic

#274D6A #376D97 #4D8DBE #7AAACE #A7C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4D8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4D8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8DBE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8DBE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed1',
    500: '#4d8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8dbe;
$custom-light: #88aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.018,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62155,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8DBE

secondary

#CCB09B

accent

#8B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8DBE

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

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