#4E8AE0#4E8AE0

#4E8AE0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.144 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE0
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 224)
HSL	hsl(215, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 7.52, -49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 50.13, 278.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0311 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.144 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6801, 25.1760, 74.0127)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE0 #E0A44E

analogous

#4ED3E0 #4E8AE0 #5B4EE0

triadic

#4E8AE0 #E04E8A #8AE04E

tetradic

#4E8AE0 #E04ED3 #E0A44E #4EE05B

square

#4E8AE0 #E04ED3 #E0A44E #4EE05B

split-complementary

#4E8AE0 #E05B4E #D3E04E

monochromatic

#1B4F99 #2469CD #4E8AE0 #82ACE9 #B6CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4E8AE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4E8AE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE0

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE0	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6491E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.144 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabea',
    500: '#4e8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae0;
$custom-light: #8dabea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.342,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63341,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE0

secondary

#E1CAA8

accent

#A43BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE0

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

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