#4D8BE0#4D8BE0

#4D8BE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.144 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BE0
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 6.76, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 49.65, 277.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0328 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.144 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7429, 25.4223, 74.0569)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BE0 #E0A24D

analogous

#4DD5E0 #4D8BE0 #594DE0

triadic

#4D8BE0 #E04D8B #8BE04D

tetradic

#4D8BE0 #E04DD5 #E0A24D #4DE059

square

#4D8BE0 #E04DD5 #E0A24D #4DE059

split-complementary

#4D8BE0 #E0594D #D5E04D

monochromatic

#1A4F98 #246BCC #4D8BE0 #81ADE9 #B5CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4D8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4D8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BE0

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BE0	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6592E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.144 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacea',
    500: '#4d8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8be0;
$custom-light: #8dacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.694,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BE0

secondary

#E1C9A8

accent

#A23BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BE0

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

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