#4E85E1#4E85E1

#4E85E1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.151 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85E1
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 225)
HSL	hsl(218, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, 10.87, -52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 53.36, 281.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.026 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.151 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1152, 23.8286, 74.4954)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85E1 #E1AA4E

analogous

#4ECEE1 #4E85E1 #614EE1

triadic

#4E85E1 #E14E85 #85E14E

tetradic

#4E85E1 #E14ECE #E1AA4E #4EE161

square

#4E85E1 #E14ECE #E1AA4E #4EE161

split-complementary

#4E85E1 #E1614E #CEE14E

monochromatic

#1A4A9A #2363CF #4E85E1 #82A9EA #B7CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4E85E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4E85E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85E1

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85E1	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.151 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8eb',
    500: '#4e85e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85e1;
$custom-light: #8ea8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.551,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62326,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85E1

secondary

#E2CDA9

accent

#AB3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85E1

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

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