#4E85E4#4E85E4

#4E85E4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.155 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85E4
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 228)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 41.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 11.90, -53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 54.96, 282.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0254 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.155 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5280, 23.9937, 76.6697)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85E4 #E4AD4E

analogous

#4ED0E4 #4E85E4 #624EE4

triadic

#4E85E4 #E44E85 #85E44E

tetradic

#4E85E4 #E44ED0 #E4AD4E #4EE462

square

#4E85E4 #E44ED0 #E4AD4E #4EE462

split-complementary

#4E85E4 #E4624E #D0E44E

monochromatic

#184A9F #2062D4 #4E85E4 #83AAEC #B8CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E85E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4E85E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85E4

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85E4	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.155 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8ed',
    500: '#4e85e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85e4;
$custom-light: #8ea8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62508,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85E4

secondary

#E4CFAA

accent

#AD38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85E4

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

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