#4D8CE5#4D8CE5

#4D8CE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.149 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CE5
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 7.88, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 51.72, 278.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0327 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.149 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5764, 25.9884, 77.7292)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CE5 #E5A64D

analogous

#4DD8E5 #4D8CE5 #5A4DE5

triadic

#4D8CE5 #E54D8C #8CE54D

tetradic

#4D8CE5 #E54DD8 #E5A64D #4DE55A

square

#4D8CE5 #E54DD8 #E5A64D #4DE55A

split-complementary

#4D8CE5 #E55A4D #D8E54D

monochromatic

#1750A0 #1F6BD6 #4D8CE5 #82AEED #B8D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4D8CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4D8CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CE5

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CE5	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6493E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.149 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadee',
    500: '#4d8ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ce5;
$custom-light: #8eadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.132,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64021,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CE5

secondary

#E4CCAA

accent

#A437F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CE5

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

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