#4E8BE3#4E8BE3

#4E8BE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.147 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE3
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 7.95, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 51.17, 278.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.0314 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.147 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2346, 25.6284, 76.2223)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE3 #E3A64E

analogous

#4ED6E3 #4E8BE3 #5B4EE3

triadic

#4E8BE3 #E34E8B #8BE34E

tetradic

#4E8BE3 #E34ED6 #E3A64E #4EE35B

square

#4E8BE3 #E34ED6 #E3A64E #4EE35B

split-complementary

#4E8BE3 #E35B4E #D6E34E

monochromatic

#194F9E #216AD3 #4E8BE3 #83AEEB #B8D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4E8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4E8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE3

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE3	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.147 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacec',
    500: '#4e8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be3;
$custom-light: #8eacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.436,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63731,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE3

secondary

#E3CCAA

accent

#A438EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE3

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

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