#4D8EA4#4D8EA4

#4D8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.074 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EA4
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -14.45, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 23.08, 231.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.055 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.074 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4319, 23.6024, 38.6465)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EA4 #A4634D

analogous

#4DA48E #4D8EA4 #4D63A4

triadic

#4D8EA4 #A44D8E #8EA44D

tetradic

#4D8EA4 #8E4DA4 #A4634D #63A44D

square

#4D8EA4 #8E4DA4 #A4634D #63A44D

split-complementary

#4D8EA4 #A44D63 #A48E4D

monochromatic

#264651 #396A7A #4D8EA4 #72AABD #9BC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4D8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4D8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EA4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EA4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.074 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbf',
    500: '#4d8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ea4;
$custom-light: #85afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.172,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61222,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EA4

secondary

#BD9B90

accent

#785CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EA4

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

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