#4D8AE2#4D8AE2

#4D8AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.147 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8AE2
RGB	rgb(77, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 8.04, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 51.21, 279.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0314 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.147 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8716, 25.2432, 75.4457)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8AE2 #E2A54D

analogous

#4DD5E2 #4D8AE2 #5B4DE2

triadic

#4D8AE2 #E24D8A #8AE24D

tetradic

#4D8AE2 #E24DD5 #E2A54D #4DE25B

square

#4D8AE2 #E24DD5 #E2A54D #4DE25B

split-complementary

#4D8AE2 #E25B4D #D5E24D

monochromatic

#194F9B #2269D0 #4D8AE2 #82ADEB #B6CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4D8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4D8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8AE2

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8AE2	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.147 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabeb',
    500: '#4d8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ae2;
$custom-light: #8dabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.436,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63414,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8AE2

secondary

#E2CBA8

accent

#A439EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8AE2

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

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