#4E85DE#4E85DE

#4E85DE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.147 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85DE
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 222)
HSL	hsl(217, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 40.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 9.84, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 51.76, 280.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0266 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.147 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7095, 23.6663, 72.3589)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85DE #DEA74E

analogous

#4ECDDE #4E85DE #5F4EDE

triadic

#4E85DE #DE4E85 #85DE4E

tetradic

#4E85DE #DE4ECD #DEA74E #4EDE5F

square

#4E85DE #DE4ECD #DEA74E #4EDE5F

split-complementary

#4E85DE #DE5F4E #CDDE4E

monochromatic

#1C4A96 #2664C9 #4E85DE #82A9E8 #B5CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4E85DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4E85DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85DE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85DE	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.147 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8e9',
    500: '#4e85de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85de;
$custom-light: #8da8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.083,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62146,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85DE

secondary

#E0CBA8

accent

#A93CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85DE

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

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