#4D8EA5#4D8EA5

#4D8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.075 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EA5
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -14.15, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 23.31, 232.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0546 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.075 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5225, 23.6387, 39.1239)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EA5 #A5644D

analogous

#4DA590 #4D8EA5 #4D62A5

triadic

#4D8EA5 #A54D8E #8EA54D

tetradic

#4D8EA5 #904DA5 #A5644D #62A54D

square

#4D8EA5 #904DA5 #A5644D #62A54D

split-complementary

#4D8EA5 #A54D62 #A5904D

monochromatic

#264652 #3A6A7B #4D8EA5 #72AABD #9CC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4D8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4D8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EA5

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EA5	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.075 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afbf',
    500: '#4d8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ea5;
$custom-light: #85afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.682,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EA5

secondary

#BD9C90

accent

#795BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EA5

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

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