#4D8BE4#4D8BE4

#4D8BE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.149 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BE4
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 8.13, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 51.73, 279.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0319 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.149 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2917, 25.6418, 76.9475)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BE4 #E4A64D

analogous

#4DD7E4 #4D8BE4 #5A4DE4

triadic

#4D8BE4 #E44D8B #8BE44D

tetradic

#4D8BE4 #E44DD7 #E4A64D #4DE45A

square

#4D8BE4 #E44DD7 #E4A64D #4DE45A

split-complementary

#4D8BE4 #E45A4D #D7E44D

monochromatic

#184F9F #206AD4 #4D8BE4 #82AEEC #B7D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4D8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4D8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BE4

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BE4	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.149 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaced',
    500: '#4d8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8be4;
$custom-light: #8eaced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.364,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63747,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BE4

secondary

#E4CCA9

accent

#A437F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BE4

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

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