#4E8BE4#4E8BE4

#4E8BE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.149 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE4
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 8.29, -51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 51.69, 279.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0312 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.149 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3731, 25.6838, 76.9513)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE4 #E4A74E

analogous

#4ED6E4 #4E8BE4 #5C4EE4

triadic

#4E8BE4 #E44E8B #8BE44E

tetradic

#4E8BE4 #E44ED6 #E4A74E #4EE45C

square

#4E8BE4 #E44ED6 #E4A74E #4EE45C

split-complementary

#4E8BE4 #E45C4E #D6E44E

monochromatic

#184F9F #206AD4 #4E8BE4 #83AEEC #B8D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4E8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE4

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE4	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)

#6392E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.149 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaced',
    500: '#4e8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be4;
$custom-light: #8eaced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6379,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE4

secondary

#E4CCAA

accent

#A538F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE4

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

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