#4E8BE5#4E8BE5

#4E8BE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.150 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE5
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 8.64, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 52.21, 279.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.031 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.15 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5123, 25.7394, 77.6845)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE5 #E5A84E

analogous

#4ED6E5 #4E8BE5 #5D4EE5

triadic

#4E8BE5 #E54E8B #8BE54E

tetradic

#4E8BE5 #E54ED6 #E5A84E #4EE55D

square

#4E8BE5 #E54ED6 #E5A84E #4EE55D

split-complementary

#4E8BE5 #E55D4E #D6E54E

monochromatic

#184FA1 #1F69D6 #4E8BE5 #83AEED #B9D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4E8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4E8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE5

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE5	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6292E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.150 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacee',
    500: '#4e8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be5;
$custom-light: #8eacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.762,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE5

secondary

#E4CDAA

accent

#860FD7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE5

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

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