#4E86E6#4E86E6

#4E86E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.157 H 260.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86E6
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 230)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 41.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 11.99, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 55.46, 282.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.026 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.157 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9448, 24.3805, 78.1862)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86E6 #E6AE4E

analogous

#4ED2E6 #4E86E6 #624EE6

triadic

#4E86E6 #E64E86 #86E64E

tetradic

#4E86E6 #E64ED2 #E6AE4E #4EE662

square

#4E86E6 #E64ED2 #E6AE4E #4EE662

split-complementary

#4E86E6 #E6624E #D2E64E

monochromatic

#174AA3 #1F63D8 #4E86E6 #84ABEE #B9CFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E86E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4E86E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86E6

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86E6	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4181E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.157 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea8ee',
    500: '#4e86e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86e6;
$custom-light: #8ea8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86E6

secondary

#E5D0AB

accent

#8D0ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86E6

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

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