#4D8EC6#4D8EC6

#4D8EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.108 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EC6
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -3.75, -35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 35.43, 263.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0429 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.108 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9229, 24.9988, 57.0324)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EC6 #C6854D

analogous

#4DC6C2 #4D8EC6 #4D52C6

triadic

#4D8EC6 #C64D8E #8EC64D

tetradic

#4D8EC6 #C24DC6 #C6854D #52C64D

square

#4D8EC6 #C24DC6 #C6854D #52C64D

split-complementary

#4D8EC6 #C64D52 #C6C24D

monochromatic

#254F74 #346FA2 #4D8EC6 #7BABD5 #AAC9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4D8EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4D8EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EC6

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EC6	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.108 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed7',
    500: '#4d8ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ec6;
$custom-light: #89aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62779,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EC6

secondary

#D1B59E

accent

#8F4DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EC6

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

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