#4E8AE3#4E8AE3

#4E8AE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.148 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE3
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, 8.55, -50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 51.70, 279.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0304 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.148 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0905, 25.3401, 76.1743)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE3 #E3A74E

analogous

#4ED4E3 #4E8AE3 #5D4EE3

triadic

#4E8AE3 #E34E8A #8AE34E

tetradic

#4E8AE3 #E34ED4 #E3A74E #4EE35D

square

#4E8AE3 #E34ED4 #E3A74E #4EE35D

split-complementary

#4E8AE3 #E35D4E #D4E34E

monochromatic

#194E9E #2169D3 #4E8AE3 #83ADEB #B8D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4E8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4E8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE3

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE3	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.148 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabec',
    500: '#4e8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae3;
$custom-light: #8eabec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.839,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE3

secondary

#E3CCAA

accent

#A638EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE3

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

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