#4D8EA0#4D8EA0

#4D8EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.072 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EA0
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -15.63, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 22.32, 225.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0566 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.072 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0763, 23.4602, 36.7739)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EA0 #A05F4D

analogous

#4DA089 #4D8EA0 #4D65A0

triadic

#4D8EA0 #A04D8E #8EA04D

tetradic

#4D8EA0 #894DA0 #A05F4D #65A04D

square

#4D8EA0 #894DA0 #A05F4D #65A04D

split-complementary

#4D8EA0 #A04D65 #A0894D

monochromatic

#25454D #396977 #4D8EA0 #70AABA #99C3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4D8EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4D8EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EA0

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EA0	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7681A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.072 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbc',
    500: '#4d8ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ea0;
$custom-light: #85afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.012,
    "s": 35.021,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.07172,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EA0

secondary

#BB988E

accent

#755DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EA0

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

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