#4E8AE6#4E8AE6

#4E8AE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.152 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE6
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 9.58, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 53.27, 280.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0298 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.152 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5082, 25.5072, 78.3740)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE6 #E6AA4E

analogous

#4ED6E6 #4E8AE6 #5E4EE6

triadic

#4E8AE6 #E64E8A #8AE64E

tetradic

#4E8AE6 #E64ED6 #E6AA4E #4EE65E

square

#4E8AE6 #E64ED6 #E6AA4E #4EE65E

split-complementary

#4E8AE6 #E65E4E #D6E64E

monochromatic

#174EA3 #1F68D8 #4E8AE6 #84ADEE #B9D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4E8AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE6

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE6	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6092EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.152 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabee',
    500: '#4e8ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae6;
$custom-light: #8eabee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63693,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE6

secondary

#E5CEAB

accent

#880ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE6

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

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