#4D8CEE#4D8CEE

#4D8CEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.161 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8CEE
RGB	rgb(77, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 10.99, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 56.42, 281.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0308 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.161 259)
XYZ	xyz(27.8657, 26.5041, 84.5196)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8CEE #EEAF4D

analogous

#4DDCEE #4D8CEE #5F4DEE

triadic

#4D8CEE #EE4D8C #8CEE4D

tetradic

#4D8CEE #EE4DDC #EEAF4D #4DEE5F

square

#4D8CEE #EE4DDC #EEAF4D #4DEE5F

split-complementary

#4D8CEE #EE5F4D #DCEE4D

monochromatic

#114FB0 #1668E8 #4D8CEE #85B0F3 #BDD4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4D8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4D8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8CEE

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8CEE	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.161 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadf4',
    500: '#4d8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8cee;
$custom-light: #8fadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 82.564,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64557,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.26507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8CEE

secondary

#E9D2AE

accent

#8A07DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8CEE

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

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