#4E8BE8#4E8BE8

#4E8BE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.154 H 258.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE8
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 232)
HSL	hsl(216, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 40.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 9.67, -52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 53.78, 280.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0303 -0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.154 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9348, 25.9084, 79.9096)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE8 #E8AB4E

analogous

#4ED8E8 #4E8BE8 #5E4EE8

triadic

#4E8BE8 #E84E8B #8BE84E

tetradic

#4E8BE8 #E84ED8 #E8AB4E #4EE85E

square

#4E8BE8 #E84ED8 #E8AB4E #4EE85E

split-complementary

#4E8BE8 #E85E4E #D8E84E

monochromatic

#164FA6 #1D68DC #4E8BE8 #84AEEF #BAD2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E8BE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E8BE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE8

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE8	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6093EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4985E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.154 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8facf0',
    500: '#4e8be8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be8;
$custom-light: #8facf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.234,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64026,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE8

secondary

#E6CFAC

accent

#880CD9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE8

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

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