#4E85E2#4E85E2

#4E85E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.152 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85E2
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 41.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 11.21, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 53.89, 282.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0258 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.152 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2520, 23.8833, 75.2159)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85E2 #E2AB4E

analogous

#4ECFE2 #4E85E2 #614EE2

triadic

#4E85E2 #E24E85 #85E24E

tetradic

#4E85E2 #E24ECF #E2AB4E #4EE261

square

#4E85E2 #E24ECF #E2AB4E #4EE261

split-complementary

#4E85E2 #E2614E #CFE24E

monochromatic

#1A4A9C #2263D1 #4E85E2 #83A9EB #B7CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E85E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4E85E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85E2

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85E2	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4380E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.152 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8eb',
    500: '#4e85e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85e2;
$custom-light: #8ea8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.703,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62386,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85E2

secondary

#E3CDA9

accent

#AB39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85E2

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

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