#4D8CE6#4D8CE6

#4D8CE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.150 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CE6
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 8.22, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 52.24, 279.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0325 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.15 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7164, 26.0444, 78.4667)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CE6 #E6A74D

analogous

#4DD8E6 #4D8CE6 #5A4DE6

triadic

#4D8CE6 #E64D8C #8CE64D

tetradic

#4D8CE6 #E64DD8 #E6A74D #4DE65A

square

#4D8CE6 #E64DD8 #E6A74D #4DE65A

split-complementary

#4D8CE6 #E65A4D #D8E64D

monochromatic

#1750A2 #1E6BD8 #4D8CE6 #83AFEE #B8D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4D8CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4D8CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CE6

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CE6	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.150 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadee',
    500: '#4d8ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ce6;
$custom-light: #8eadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6408,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CE6

secondary

#E5CDAA

accent

#850ED8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CE6

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

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