#4D8BE2#4D8BE2

#4D8BE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.146 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BE2
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 7.44, -50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 50.69, 278.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0324 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.146 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0157, 25.5314, 75.4938)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BE2 #E2A44D

analogous

#4DD5E2 #4D8BE2 #5A4DE2

triadic

#4D8BE2 #E24D8B #8BE24D

tetradic

#4D8BE2 #E24DD5 #E2A44D #4DE25A

square

#4D8BE2 #E24DD5 #E2A44D #4DE25A

split-complementary

#4D8BE2 #E25A4D #D5E24D

monochromatic

#194F9B #226AD0 #4D8BE2 #82ADEB #B6D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4D8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4D8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BE2

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BE2	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.146 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daceb',
    500: '#4d8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8be2;
$custom-light: #8daceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.034,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BE2

secondary

#E2CAA8

accent

#A339EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BE2

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

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