#4E8AE4#4E8AE4

#4E8AE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.150 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE4
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 8.89, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 52.22, 279.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0302 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.15 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2289, 25.3955, 76.9033)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE4 #E4A84E

analogous

#4ED5E4 #4E8AE4 #5D4EE4

triadic

#4E8AE4 #E44E8A #8AE44E

tetradic

#4E8AE4 #E44ED5 #E4A84E #4EE45D

square

#4E8AE4 #E44ED5 #E4A84E #4EE45D

split-complementary

#4E8AE4 #E45D4E #D5E44E

monochromatic

#184E9F #2068D4 #4E8AE4 #83ADEC #B8D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4E8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4E8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE4

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE4	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6192E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.150 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabed',
    500: '#4e8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae4;
$custom-light: #8eabed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63575,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE4

secondary

#E4CDAA

accent

#A638F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE4

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

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