#4D88E6#4D88E6

#4D88E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.155 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D88E6
RGB	rgb(77, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 10.62, -53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 54.39, 281.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0286 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.155 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1425, 24.8967, 78.2754)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D88E6 #E6AB4D

analogous

#4DD4E6 #4D88E6 #5F4DE6

triadic

#4D88E6 #E64D88 #88E64D

tetradic

#4D88E6 #E64DD4 #E6AB4D #4DE65F

square

#4D88E6 #E64DD4 #E6AB4D #4DE65F

split-complementary

#4D88E6 #E65F4D #D4E64D

monochromatic

#174CA2 #1E66D8 #4D88E6 #83ACEE #B8D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4D88E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4D88E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D88E6

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D88E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D88E6	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D90EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d88e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.155 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaaee',
    500: '#4d88e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d88e6;
$custom-light: #8eaaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d88e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.863,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63223,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D88E6

secondary

#E5CEAA

accent

#8A0ED8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D88E6

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

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