#4E85DD#4E85DD

#4E85DD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.146 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85DD
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 221)
HSL	hsl(217, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 39.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 9.49, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 51.23, 280.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0268 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.146 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5759, 23.6128, 71.6552)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85DD #DDA64E

analogous

#4ECDDD #4E85DD #5E4EDD

triadic

#4E85DD #DD4E85 #85DD4E

tetradic

#4E85DD #DD4ECD #DDA64E #4EDD5E

square

#4E85DD #DD4ECD #DDA64E #4EDD5E

split-complementary

#4E85DD #DD5E4E #CDDD4E

monochromatic

#1C4A94 #2664C7 #4E85DD #81A8E7 #B5CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4E85DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4E85DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85DD

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85DD	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487FDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.146 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8e8',
    500: '#4e85dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85dd;
$custom-light: #8da8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62086,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85DD

secondary

#E0CAA7

accent

#A83DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85DD

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

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