#4D8CE2#4D8CE2

#4D8CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.145 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CE2
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 6.85, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 50.17, 277.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0333 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.145 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1612, 25.8223, 75.5423)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CE2 #E2A34D

analogous

#4DD7E2 #4D8CE2 #594DE2

triadic

#4D8CE2 #E24D8C #8CE24D

tetradic

#4D8CE2 #E24DD7 #E2A34D #4DE259

square

#4D8CE2 #E24DD7 #E2A34D #4DE259

split-complementary

#4D8CE2 #E2594D #D7E24D

monochromatic

#19509B #226BD0 #4D8CE2 #82AEEB #B6D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4D8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4D8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CE2

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CE2	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6693E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5085E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.145 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadeb',
    500: '#4d8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ce2;
$custom-light: #8dadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.631,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63847,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CE2

secondary

#E2CAA8

accent

#A239EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CE2

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

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