#4E86E3#4E86E3

#4E86E3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.153 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86E3
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 227)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 41%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 10.95, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 53.87, 281.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0266 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.153 260)
XYZ	xyz(25.5272, 24.2134, 75.9865)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86E3 #E3AB4E

analogous

#4ED0E3 #4E86E3 #614EE3

triadic

#4E86E3 #E34E86 #86E34E

tetradic

#4E86E3 #E34ED0 #E3AB4E #4EE361

square

#4E86E3 #E34ED0 #E3AB4E #4EE361

split-complementary

#4E86E3 #E3614E #D0E34E

monochromatic

#194B9E #2164D3 #4E86E3 #83AAEB #B8CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E86E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E86E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86E3

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86E3	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.153 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8ec',
    500: '#4e86e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86e3;
$custom-light: #8ea8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.45,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62659,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86E3

secondary

#E3CEAA

accent

#AB38EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86E3

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

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