#4D9DBD#4D9DBD

#4D9DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.091 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D9DBD
RGB	rgb(77, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -14.99, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 28.23, 237.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0624 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.091 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2993, 29.3635, 52.5214)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D9DBD #BD6D4D

analogous

#4DBDA5 #4D9DBD #4D65BD

triadic

#4D9DBD #BD4D9D #9DBD4D

tetradic

#4D9DBD #A54DBD #BD6D4D #65BD4D

square

#4D9DBD #A54DBD #BD6D4D #65BD4D

split-complementary

#4D9DBD #BD4D65 #BDA54D

monochromatic

#275669 #377B95 #4D9DBD #7AB6CE #A6CEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4D9DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#4D9DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D9DBD

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D9DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D9DBD	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d9dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.091 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bad1',
    500: '#4d9dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d9dbd;
$custom-light: #89bad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d9dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6585,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D9DBD

secondary

#CBA89A

accent

#7852D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D9DBD

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

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