#4D8BE5#4D8BE5

#4D8BE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.150 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8BE5
RGB	rgb(77, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 8.48, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 52.25, 279.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0317 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.15 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4309, 25.6975, 77.6807)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8BE5 #E5A74D

analogous

#4DD7E5 #4D8BE5 #5B4DE5

triadic

#4D8BE5 #E54D8B #8BE54D

tetradic

#4D8BE5 #E54DD7 #E5A74D #4DE55B

square

#4D8BE5 #E54DD7 #E5A74D #4DE55B

split-complementary

#4D8BE5 #E55B4D #D7E54D

monochromatic

#174FA0 #1F6AD6 #4D8BE5 #82AEED #B8D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4D8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4D8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8BE5

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8BE5	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6292E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.150 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacee',
    500: '#4d8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8be5;
$custom-light: #8eacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.526,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8BE5

secondary

#E4CCAA

accent

#A537F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8BE5

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

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