#4D8EA2#4D8EA2

#4D8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.073 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EA2
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, -15.04, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 22.68, 228.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0558 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.073 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2527, 23.5308, 37.7027)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EA2 #A2614D

analogous

#4DA28C #4D8EA2 #4D63A2

triadic

#4D8EA2 #A24D8E #8EA24D

tetradic

#4D8EA2 #8C4DA2 #A2614D #63A24D

square

#4D8EA2 #8C4DA2 #A2614D #63A24D

split-complementary

#4D8EA2 #A24D63 #A28C4D

monochromatic

#26454F #396A79 #4D8EA2 #71AABB #9AC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4D8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4D8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EA2

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EA2	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#169594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.073 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbd',
    500: '#4d8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ea2;
$custom-light: #85afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 35.565,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6114,
    "c": 0.07293,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EA2

secondary

#BC9A8F

accent

#765CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EA2

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

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