#4D8DDD#4D8DDD

#4D8DDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.138 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D8DDD
RGB	rgb(77, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 4.54, -46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 47.09, 275.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0355 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.138 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6319, 25.8455, 72.0305)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D8DDD #DD9D4D

analogous

#4DD5DD #4D8DDD #554DDD

triadic

#4D8DDD #DD4D8D #8DDD4D

tetradic

#4D8DDD #DD4DD5 #DD9D4D #4DDD55

square

#4D8DDD #DD4DD5 #DD9D4D #4DDD55

split-complementary

#4D8DDD #DD554D #D5DD4D

monochromatic

#1C5193 #266DC7 #4D8DDD #80AEE7 #B4CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4D8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4D8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D8DDD

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D8DDD	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.138 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cade8',
    500: '#4d8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d8ddd;
$custom-light: #8cade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6378,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D8DDD

secondary

#DFC6A6

accent

#9E3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D8DDD

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

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