#4E80E2#4E80E2

#4E80E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.158 H 262.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80E2
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 226)
HSL	hsl(220, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 43.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 14.25, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 56.72, 284.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.021 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.158 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5837, 22.5467, 74.9931)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80E2 #E2B04E

analogous

#4ECAE2 #4E80E2 #664EE2

triadic

#4E80E2 #E24E80 #80E24E

tetradic

#4E80E2 #E24ECA #E2B04E #4EE266

square

#4E80E2 #E24ECA #E2B04E #4EE266

split-complementary

#4E80E2 #E2664E #CAE24E

monochromatic

#1A469C #225DD1 #4E80E2 #83A6EB #B7CBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E80E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#4E80E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80E2

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80E2	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#397CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.158 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea4ec',
    500: '#4e80e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80e2;
$custom-light: #8ea4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.73,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6133,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80E2

secondary

#E3CFA9

accent

#B139EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80E2

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

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