#4E87E2#4E87E2

#4E87E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.150 H 259.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87E2
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 10.01, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 52.79, 280.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0277 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.15 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5284, 24.4361, 75.3080)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87E2 #E2A94E

analogous

#4ED1E2 #4E87E2 #5F4EE2

triadic

#4E87E2 #E24E87 #87E24E

tetradic

#4E87E2 #E24ED1 #E2A94E #4EE25F

square

#4E87E2 #E24ED1 #E2A94E #4EE25F

split-complementary

#4E87E2 #E25F4E #D1E24E

monochromatic

#1A4C9C #2265D1 #4E87E2 #83ABEB #B7CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4E87E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4E87E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87E2

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87E2	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4781E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.150 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea9eb',
    500: '#4e87e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87e2;
$custom-light: #8ea9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.892,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62813,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87E2

secondary

#E3CCA9

accent

#A939EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87E2

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

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