#4D8EB7#4D8EB7

#4D8EB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.091 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EB7
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -8.59, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 29.03, 252.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0479 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.091 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2776, 24.3407, 48.3675)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EB7 #B7764D

analogous

#4DB7AB #4D8EB7 #4D59B7

triadic

#4D8EB7 #B74D8E #8EB74D

tetradic

#4D8EB7 #AB4DB7 #B7764D #59B74D

square

#4D8EB7 #AB4DB7 #B7764D #59B74D

split-complementary

#4D8EB7 #B74D59 #B7AB4D

monochromatic

#284B62 #396D8E #4D8EB7 #79AAC9 #A4C5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4D8EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4D8EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EB7

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EB7	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.091 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afcc',
    500: '#4d8eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8eb7;
$custom-light: #87afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.208,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62055,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EB7

secondary

#C7AB98

accent

#8656D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EB7

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

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