#4D8AD8#4D8AD8

#4D8AD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.134 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8AD8
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 216)
HSL	hsl(214, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(214, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, 4.62, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 46.04, 275.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0337 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.134 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5392, 24.7102, 68.4288)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8AD8 #D89B4D

analogous

#4DCFD8 #4D8AD8 #564DD8

triadic

#4D8AD8 #D84D8A #8AD84D

tetradic

#4D8AD8 #D84DCF #D89B4D #4DD856

square

#4D8AD8 #D84DCF #D89B4D #4DD856

split-complementary

#4D8AD8 #D8564D #CFD84D

monochromatic

#1F4F8C #2A6BBE #4D8AD8 #7FABE3 #B1CCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4D8AD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4D8AD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8AD8

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8AD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8AD8	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688FDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5482D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.134 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabe4',
    500: '#4d8ad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ad8;
$custom-light: #8cabe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.669,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6284,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8AD8

secondary

#DCC4A4

accent

#9E41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8AD8

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

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