#4E88E6#4E88E6

#4E88E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.154 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88E6
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.02, 10.78, -53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.02, 54.36, 281.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0279 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.154 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2239, 24.9386, 78.2792)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88E6 #E6AC4E

analogous

#4ED4E6 #4E88E6 #604EE6

triadic

#4E88E6 #E64E88 #88E64E

tetradic

#4E88E6 #E64ED4 #E6AC4E #4EE660

square

#4E88E6 #E64ED4 #E6AC4E #4EE660

split-complementary

#4E88E6 #E6604E #D4E64E

monochromatic

#174CA3 #1F65D8 #4E88E6 #84ACEE #B9D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4E88E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4E88E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88E6

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88E6	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D90EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4582E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.154 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaaee',
    500: '#4e88e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88e6;
$custom-light: #8eaaee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.105,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63266,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88E6

secondary

#E5CFAB

accent

#8B0ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88E6

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

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