#4E8ADE#4E8ADE

#4E8ADE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.142 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8ADE
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 37.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 6.84, -48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 49.09, 278.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0315 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.142 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4104, 25.0681, 72.5926)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8ADE #DEA24E

analogous

#4ED2DE #4E8ADE #5A4EDE

triadic

#4E8ADE #DE4E8A #8ADE4E

tetradic

#4E8ADE #DE4ED2 #DEA24E #4EDE5A

square

#4E8ADE #DE4ED2 #DEA24E #4EDE5A

split-complementary

#4E8ADE #DE5A4E #D2DE4E

monochromatic

#1C4F96 #266AC9 #4E8ADE #82ACE8 #B5CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4E8ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4E8ADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8ADE

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8ADE	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5083DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.142 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabe9',
    500: '#4e8ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ade;
$custom-light: #8dabe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63225,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8ADE

secondary

#E0C9A8

accent

#A23CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8ADE

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

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