#4D8EA3#4D8EA3

#4D8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.074 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EA3
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -14.74, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 22.87, 229.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0554 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.074 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3419, 23.5665, 38.1727)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EA3 #A3624D

analogous

#4DA38D #4D8EA3 #4D63A3

triadic

#4D8EA3 #A34D8E #8EA34D

tetradic

#4D8EA3 #8D4DA3 #A3624D #63A34D

square

#4D8EA3 #8D4DA3 #A3624D #63A34D

split-complementary

#4D8EA3 #A34D63 #A38D4D

monochromatic

#264650 #396A79 #4D8EA3 #71AABC #9BC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4D8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4D8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EA3

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EA3	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)

#818BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7581A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.074 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbe',
    500: '#4d8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ea3;
$custom-light: #85afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.651,
    "s": 35.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61181,
    "c": 0.07358,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EA3

secondary

#BC9A90

accent

#775CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EA3

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

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