#4E87DD#4E87DD

#4E87DD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.144 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87DD
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 221)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 38.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 8.29, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 50.15, 279.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0288 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.144 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8523, 24.1657, 71.7473)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87DD #DDA44E

analogous

#4ECEDD #4E87DD #5C4EDD

triadic

#4E87DD #DD4E87 #87DD4E

tetradic

#4E87DD #DD4ECE #DDA44E #4EDD5C

square

#4E87DD #DD4ECE #DDA44E #4EDD5C

split-complementary

#4E87DD #DD5C4E #CEDD4E

monochromatic

#1C4C94 #2667C7 #4E87DD #81AAE7 #B5CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4E87DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4E87DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87DD

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87DD	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618EE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C81DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.144 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da9e8',
    500: '#4e87dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87dd;
$custom-light: #8da9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.084,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62517,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87DD

secondary

#E0C9A7

accent

#A53DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87DD

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

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