#4E85E0#4E85E0

#4E85E0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.150 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85E0
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 224)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 40.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 10.53, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 52.83, 281.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0262 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.15 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9792, 23.7741, 73.7790)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85E0 #E0A94E

analogous

#4ECEE0 #4E85E0 #604EE0

triadic

#4E85E0 #E04E85 #85E04E

tetradic

#4E85E0 #E04ECE #E0A94E #4EE060

square

#4E85E0 #E04ECE #E0A94E #4EE060

split-complementary

#4E85E0 #E0604E #CEE04E

monochromatic

#1B4A99 #2464CD #4E85E0 #82A9E9 #B6CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E85E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4E85E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85E0

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85E0	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8DE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4580DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.150 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8ea',
    500: '#4e85e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85e0;
$custom-light: #8da8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.397,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62266,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85E0

secondary

#E1CCA8

accent

#AA3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85E0

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

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