#4D8CD8#4D8CD8

#4D8CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.132 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CD8
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, 3.44, -44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 45.05, 274.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0358 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.132 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8288, 25.2894, 68.5253)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CD8 #D8994D

analogous

#4DD1D8 #4D8CD8 #544DD8

triadic

#4D8CD8 #D84D8C #8CD84D

tetradic

#4D8CD8 #D84DD1 #D8994D #4DD854

square

#4D8CD8 #D84DD1 #D8994D #4DD854

split-complementary

#4D8CD8 #D8544D #D1D84D

monochromatic

#1F508C #2A6DBE #4D8CD8 #7FACE3 #B1CDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4D8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4D8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CD8

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CD8	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#6B91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.132 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade4',
    500: '#4d8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8cd8;
$custom-light: #8cade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.806,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63281,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CD8

secondary

#DCC3A4

accent

#9C41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CD8

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

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