#4E8AE7#4E8AE7

#4E8AE7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.154 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE7
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 231)
HSL	hsl(216, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 40.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 9.92, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 53.79, 280.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.0296 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.154 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6490, 25.5635, 79.1156)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE7 #E7AB4E

analogous

#4ED6E7 #4E8AE7 #5F4EE7

triadic

#4E8AE7 #E74E8A #8AE74E

tetradic

#4E8AE7 #E74ED6 #E7AB4E #4EE75F

square

#4E8AE7 #E74ED6 #E7AB4E #4EE75F

split-complementary

#4E8AE7 #E75F4E #D6E74E

monochromatic

#164EA4 #1E68DA #4E8AE7 #84AEEE #BAD1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8AE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4E8AE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE7

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE7	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.154 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fabef',
    500: '#4e8ae7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae7;
$custom-light: #8fabef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63752,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE7

secondary

#E5CFAB

accent

#890DD8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE7

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

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