#4E87DE#4E87DE

#4E87DE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.145 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87DE
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 222)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 39.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 8.63, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 50.68, 279.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0286 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.145 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9860, 24.2191, 72.4511)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87DE #DEA54E

analogous

#4ECFDE #4E87DE #5D4EDE

triadic

#4E87DE #DE4E87 #87DE4E

tetradic

#4E87DE #DE4ECF #DEA54E #4EDE5D

square

#4E87DE #DE4ECF #DEA54E #4EDE5D

split-complementary

#4E87DE #DE5D4E #CFDE4E

monochromatic

#1C4C96 #2666C9 #4E87DE #82AAE8 #B5CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4E87DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4E87DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87DE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87DE	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)

#608EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.145 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da9e9',
    500: '#4e87de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87de;
$custom-light: #8da9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.25,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62576,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87DE

secondary

#E0CAA8

accent

#A63CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87DE

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

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