#4D8ADE#4D8ADE

#4D8ADE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.142 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8ADE
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 6.67, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 49.13, 277.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0323 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.142 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3291, 25.0262, 72.5888)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8ADE #DEA14D

analogous

#4DD2DE #4D8ADE #584DDE

triadic

#4D8ADE #DE4D8A #8ADE4D

tetradic

#4D8ADE #DE4DD2 #DEA14D #4DDE58

square

#4D8ADE #DE4DD2 #DEA14D #4DDE58

split-complementary

#4D8ADE #DE584D #D2DE4D

monochromatic

#1C4F95 #256AC9 #4D8ADE #81ACE8 #B4CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4D8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4D8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8ADE

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8ADE	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5083DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.142 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabe9',
    500: '#4d8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ade;
$custom-light: #8dabe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.759,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63182,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8ADE

secondary

#E0C8A7

accent

#A23CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8ADE

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

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