#4D9CBB#4D9CBB

#4D9CBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.090 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D9CBB
RGB	rgb(77, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -15.07, -23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 27.80, 237.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% -0.0621 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.09 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9152, 28.9403, 51.3298)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D9CBB #BB6C4D

analogous

#4DBBA3 #4D9CBB #4D65BB

triadic

#4D9CBB #BB4D9C #9CBB4D

tetradic

#4D9CBB #A34DBB #BB6C4D #65BB4D

square

#4D9CBB #A34DBB #BB6C4D #65BB4D

split-complementary

#4D9CBB #BB4D65 #BBA34D

monochromatic

#275566 #387993 #4D9CBB #79B5CC #A6CDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4D9CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#4D9CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D9CBB

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D9CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D9CBB	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d9cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.090 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b9cf',
    500: '#4d9cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d9cbb;
$custom-light: #88b9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d9cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65528,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D9CBB

secondary

#CAA79A

accent

#7853D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D9CBB

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

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