#4E8BE1#4E8BE1

#4E8BE1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.145 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE1
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 7.27, -49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 50.13, 278.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0319 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.145 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9602, 25.5186, 74.7770)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE1 #E1A44E

analogous

#4ED4E1 #4E8BE1 #5B4EE1

triadic

#4E8BE1 #E14E8B #8BE14E

tetradic

#4E8BE1 #E14ED4 #E1A44E #4EE15B

square

#4E8BE1 #E14ED4 #E1A44E #4EE15B

split-complementary

#4E8BE1 #E15B4E #D4E14E

monochromatic

#1A4F9A #236ACF #4E8BE1 #82ADEA #B7D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4E8BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4E8BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE1

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE1	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)

#6592E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.145 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaceb',
    500: '#4e8be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be1;
$custom-light: #8eaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.102,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63615,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE1

secondary

#E2CAA9

accent

#A33AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE1

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

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