#4E8BE2#4E8BE2

#4E8BE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.146 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE2
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 7.61, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 50.65, 278.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0316 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.146 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0970, 25.5733, 75.4976)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE2 #E2A54E

analogous

#4ED5E2 #4E8BE2 #5B4EE2

triadic

#4E8BE2 #E24E8B #8BE24E

tetradic

#4E8BE2 #E24ED5 #E2A54E #4EE25B

square

#4E8BE2 #E24ED5 #E2A54E #4EE25B

split-complementary

#4E8BE2 #E25B4E #D5E24E

monochromatic

#1A4F9C #226AD1 #4E8BE2 #83ADEB #B7D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E8BE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4E8BE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE2

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE2	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)

#6492E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.146 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaceb',
    500: '#4e8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be2;
$custom-light: #8eaceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.27,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE2

secondary

#E3CBA9

accent

#A439EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE2

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

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