#4D8BDE#4D8BDE

#4D8BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.141 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BDE
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 6.07, -48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 48.62, 277.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0333 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.141 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4732, 25.3144, 72.6368)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BDE #DEA04D

analogous

#4DD3DE #4D8BDE #574DDE

triadic

#4D8BDE #DE4D8B #8BDE4D

tetradic

#4D8BDE #DE4DD3 #DEA04D #4DDE57

square

#4D8BDE #DE4DD3 #DEA04D #4DDE57

split-complementary

#4D8BDE #DE574D #D3DE4D

monochromatic

#1C5095 #256BC9 #4D8BDE #81ADE8 #B4CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4D8BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4D8BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BDE

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BDE	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.141 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dace9',
    500: '#4d8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8bde;
$custom-light: #8dace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.345,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BDE

secondary

#E0C8A7

accent

#A13CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BDE

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

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