#4E85E3#4E85E3

#4E85E3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.154 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85E3
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 227)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 41.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 11.56, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 54.42, 282.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0256 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.154 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3896, 23.9383, 75.9407)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85E3 #E3AC4E

analogous

#4ED0E3 #4E85E3 #614EE3

triadic

#4E85E3 #E34E85 #85E34E

tetradic

#4E85E3 #E34ED0 #E3AC4E #4EE361

square

#4E85E3 #E34ED0 #E3AC4E #4EE361

split-complementary

#4E85E3 #E3614E #D0E34E

monochromatic

#194A9E #2163D3 #4E85E3 #83A9EB #B8CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4E85E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4E85E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85E3

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85E3	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.154 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8ec',
    500: '#4e85e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85e3;
$custom-light: #8ea8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.852,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62447,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85E3

secondary

#E3CEAA

accent

#AC38EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85E3

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

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