#4D8BD9#4D8BD9

#4D8BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.135 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4D8BD9
RGBrgb(77, 139, 217)
HSLhsl(213, 65%, 58%)
HSVhsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(64.5%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.12, 4.37, -45.84)
CIE-LCHlch(57.12, 46.05, 275.44°)
OKLaboklab(63.12% -0.0345 -0.1301)
OKLCHoklch(63.12% 0.135 255.1)
XYZxyz(24.8130, 25.0503, 69.1597)
Luminance0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4D8BD9 #D99B4D
analogous
#4DD1D9 #4D8BD9 #554DD9
triadic
#4D8BD9 #D94D8B #8BD94D
tetradic
#4D8BD9 #D94DD1 #D99B4D #4DD955
square
#4D8BD9 #D94DD1 #D99B4D #4DD955
split-complementary
#4D8BD9 #D9554D #D1D94D
monochromatic
#1E4F8D #296CC0 #4D8BD9 #7FACE4 #B2CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49
#4D8BD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01
#4D8BD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BD9
6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4D8BD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4D8BD91.003.496.016.01
#FFFFFF3.491.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6990DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5583D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009DA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4d8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.135 255.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cace5',
    500: '#4d8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4d8bd9;
$custom-light: #8cace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4d8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.429,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63116,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4D8BD9
secondary
#DDC4A5
accent
#9D40E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4D8BD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva