#4D8DC4#4D8DC4

#4D8DC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.106 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8DC4
RGB	rgb(77, 141, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 28.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -3.83, -34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 34.90, 263.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0425 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.106 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5456, 24.6109, 55.7761)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8DC4 #C4844D

analogous

#4DC4BF #4D8DC4 #4D51C4

triadic

#4D8DC4 #C44D8D #8DC44D

tetradic

#4D8DC4 #BF4DC4 #C4844D #51C44D

square

#4D8DC4 #BF4DC4 #C4844D #51C44D

split-complementary

#4D8DC4 #C44D51 #C4BF4D

monochromatic

#254E71 #356E9F #4D8DC4 #7BAAD3 #A9C8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4D8DC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4D8DC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8DC4

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8DC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8DC4	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758FC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6583C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8dc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 141, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.106 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed6',
    500: '#4d8dc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8dc4;
$custom-light: #89aed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8dc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.731,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6245,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8DC4

secondary

#D0B49D

accent

#8F4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8DC4

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

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