#4D8EA9#4D8EA9

#4D8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.078 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EA9
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -12.94, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 24.32, 237.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.053 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.078 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8923, 23.7866, 41.0714)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EA9 #A9684D

analogous

#4DA996 #4D8EA9 #4D60A9

triadic

#4D8EA9 #A94D8E #8EA94D

tetradic

#4D8EA9 #964DA9 #A9684D #60A94D

square

#4D8EA9 #964DA9 #A9684D #60A94D

split-complementary

#4D8EA9 #A94D60 #A9964D

monochromatic

#274755 #3A6B7F #4D8EA9 #74A9C0 #9EC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4D8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4D8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EA9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EA9	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.078 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc2',
    500: '#4d8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ea9;
$custom-light: #86afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.609,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61432,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EA9

secondary

#BFA092

accent

#7C5ACD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EA9

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

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