#4D8CD9#4D8CD9

#4D8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.134 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CD9
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 3.77, -45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 45.55, 274.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0355 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.134 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9585, 25.3413, 69.2082)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CD9 #D99A4D

analogous

#4DD2D9 #4D8CD9 #544DD9

triadic

#4D8CD9 #D94D8C #8CD94D

tetradic

#4D8CD9 #D94DD2 #D99A4D #4DD954

square

#4D8CD9 #D94DD2 #D99A4D #4DD954

split-complementary

#4D8CD9 #D9544D #D2D94D

monochromatic

#1E508D #296DC0 #4D8CD9 #7FADE4 #B2CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4D8CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4D8CD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CD9

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CD9	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A91DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.134 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade5',
    500: '#4d8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8cd9;
$custom-light: #8cade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63337,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CD9

secondary

#DDC4A5

accent

#9C40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CD9

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

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