#4E85E6#4E85E6

#4E85E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.158 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85E6
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 12.59, -54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 56.02, 282.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.025 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.158 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8073, 24.1054, 78.1403)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85E6 #E6AF4E

analogous

#4ED1E6 #4E85E6 #634EE6

triadic

#4E85E6 #E64E85 #85E64E

tetradic

#4E85E6 #E64ED1 #E6AF4E #4EE663

square

#4E85E6 #E64ED1 #E6AF4E #4EE663

split-complementary

#4E85E6 #E6634E #D1E64E

monochromatic

#174AA3 #1F62D8 #4E85E6 #84AAEE #B9CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4E85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85E6

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85E6	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.158 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8ee',
    500: '#4e85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85e6;
$custom-light: #8ea8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.289,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85E6

secondary

#E5D0AB

accent

#8F0ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85E6

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

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