#4E8AE9#4E8AE9

#4E8AE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.156 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8AE9
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 233)
HSL	hsl(217, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 40.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 10.61, -53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 54.85, 281.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0292 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.156 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9331, 25.6772, 80.6118)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8AE9 #E9AD4E

analogous

#4ED7E9 #4E8AE9 #5F4EE9

triadic

#4E8AE9 #E94E8A #8AE94E

tetradic

#4E8AE9 #E94ED7 #E9AD4E #4EE95F

square

#4E8AE9 #E94ED7 #E9AD4E #4EE95F

split-complementary

#4E8AE9 #E95F4E #D7E94E

monochromatic

#154EA8 #1C67DE #4E8AE9 #84AEF0 #BBD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E8AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4E8AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8AE9

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8AE9	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E92ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4684E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.156 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fabf0',
    500: '#4e8ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ae9;
$custom-light: #8fabf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.774,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63872,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8AE9

secondary

#E7D0AC

accent

#8A0BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8AE9

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

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