#4D8EC8#4D8EC8

#4D8EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.110 H 247.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8EC8
RGB	rgb(77, 142, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 29%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -3.09, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 36.35, 265.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0423 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.11 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1551, 25.0917, 58.2553)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8EC8 #C8874D

analogous

#4DC8C5 #4D8EC8 #4D51C8

triadic

#4D8EC8 #C84D8E #8EC84D

tetradic

#4D8EC8 #C54DC8 #C8874D #51C84D

square

#4D8EC8 #C54DC8 #C8874D #51C84D

split-complementary

#4D8EC8 #C84D51 #C8C54D

monochromatic

#245076 #336FA5 #4D8EC8 #7CACD6 #ABC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4D8EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4D8EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8EC8

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8EC8	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6484C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 142, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.110 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed9',
    500: '#4d8ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ec8;
$custom-light: #89aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.293,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8EC8

secondary

#D2B79E

accent

#904CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8EC8

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

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