#4E8AE2#4E8AE2

#4E8AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.147 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE2
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 8.21, -50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 51.17, 279.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0306 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.147 258)
XYZ	xyz(25.9529, 25.2851, 75.4495)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE2 #E2A64E

analogous

#4ED4E2 #4E8AE2 #5C4EE2

triadic

#4E8AE2 #E24E8A #8AE24E

tetradic

#4E8AE2 #E24ED4 #E2A64E #4EE25C

square

#4E8AE2 #E24ED4 #E2A64E #4EE25C

split-complementary

#4E8AE2 #E25C4E #D4E24E

monochromatic

#1A4E9C #2269D1 #4E8AE2 #83ADEB #B7D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4E8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4E8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE2

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE2	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.147 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabeb',
    500: '#4e8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae2;
$custom-light: #8eabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.25288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE2

secondary

#E3CBA9

accent

#A539EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE2

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

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