#4E8BE6#4E8BE6

#4E8BE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.151 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE6
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 8.98, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 52.73, 279.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0307 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.151 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6523, 25.7955, 78.4220)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE6 #E6A94E

analogous

#4ED7E6 #4E8BE6 #5D4EE6

triadic

#4E8BE6 #E64E8B #8BE64E

tetradic

#4E8BE6 #E64ED7 #E6A94E #4EE65D

square

#4E8BE6 #E64ED7 #E6A94E #4EE65D

split-complementary

#4E8BE6 #E65D4E #D7E64E

monochromatic

#174FA3 #1F69D8 #4E8BE6 #84AEEE #B9D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4E8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4E8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE6

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE6	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6293EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.151 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacee',
    500: '#4e8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be6;
$custom-light: #8eacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.921,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63907,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE6

secondary

#E5CEAB

accent

#870ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE6

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

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