#4D8EAD#4D8EAD

#4D8EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.081 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EAD
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -11.72, -22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 25.49, 242.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0515 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.081 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2736, 23.9391, 43.0794)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EAD #AD6C4D

analogous

#4DAD9C #4D8EAD #4D5EAD

triadic

#4D8EAD #AD4D8E #8EAD4D

tetradic

#4D8EAD #9C4DAD #AD6C4D #5EAD4D

square

#4D8EAD #9C4DAD #AD6C4D #5EAD4D

split-complementary

#4D8EAD #AD4D5E #AD9C4D

monochromatic

#274858 #3A6B83 #4D8EAD #75A9C2 #A0C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4D8EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4D8EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EAD

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EAD	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.081 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afc5',
    500: '#4d8ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ead;
$custom-light: #86afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.375,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61604,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EAD

secondary

#C2A394

accent

#7F59CE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EAD

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

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