#4D99BD#4D99BD

#4D99BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.092 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D99BD
RGB	rgb(77, 153, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 19%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -12.82, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 28.75, 243.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.058 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.092 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6336, 28.0321, 52.2995)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D99BD #BD714D

analogous

#4DBDA9 #4D99BD #4D61BD

triadic

#4D99BD #BD4D99 #99BD4D

tetradic

#4D99BD #A94DBD #BD714D #61BD4D

square

#4D99BD #A94DBD #BD714D #61BD4D

split-complementary

#4D99BD #BD4D61 #BDA94D

monochromatic

#275469 #377795 #4D99BD #7AB3CE #A6CCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#4D99BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#4D99BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D99BD

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D99BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D99BD	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8797BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d99bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 153, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.092 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7d1',
    500: '#4d99bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d99bd;
$custom-light: #88b7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d99bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64907,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D99BD

secondary

#CBAA9A

accent

#7C52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D99BD

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

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