#4E80E3#4E80E3

#4E80E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.160 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E80E3
RGB	rgb(78, 128, 227)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 43.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 14.60, -55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 57.26, 284.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0208 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.16 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7213, 22.6017, 75.7179)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E80E3 #E3B14E

analogous

#4ECAE3 #4E80E3 #674EE3

triadic

#4E80E3 #E34E80 #80E34E

tetradic

#4E80E3 #E34ECA #E3B14E #4EE367

square

#4E80E3 #E34ECA #E3B14E #4EE367

split-complementary

#4E80E3 #E3674E #CAE34E

monochromatic

#19459E #215DD3 #4E80E3 #83A6EB #B8CCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4E80E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E80E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E80E3

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E80E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E80E3	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e80e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 128, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.160 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea4ec',
    500: '#4e80e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e80e3;
$custom-light: #8ea4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e80e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.866,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61393,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E80E3

secondary

#E3D0AA

accent

#B238EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E80E3

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

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