#4E8AE8#4E8AE8

#4E8AE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.155 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE8
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 40.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 10.27, -53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 54.32, 280.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0294 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.155 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7906, 25.6202, 79.8616)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE8 #E8AC4E

analogous

#4ED7E8 #4E8AE8 #5F4EE8

triadic

#4E8AE8 #E84E8A #8AE84E

tetradic

#4E8AE8 #E84ED7 #E8AC4E #4EE85F

square

#4E8AE8 #E84ED7 #E8AC4E #4EE85F

split-complementary

#4E8AE8 #E85F4E #D7E84E

monochromatic

#164EA6 #1D67DC #4E8AE8 #84AEEF #BAD2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E8AE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4E8AE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE8

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE8	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F92EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.155 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fabf0',
    500: '#4e8ae8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae8;
$custom-light: #8fabf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.623,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63812,
    "c": 0.15488,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE8

secondary

#E6CFAC

accent

#890CD9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE8

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

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