#4E8BE9#4E8BE9

#4E8BE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.155 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BE9
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 10.01, -53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 54.30, 280.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0301 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.155 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0772, 25.9654, 80.6598)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BE9 #E9AC4E

analogous

#4ED8E9 #4E8BE9 #5E4EE9

triadic

#4E8BE9 #E94E8B #8BE94E

tetradic

#4E8BE9 #E94ED8 #E9AC4E #4EE95E

square

#4E8BE9 #E94ED8 #E9AC4E #4EE95E

split-complementary

#4E8BE9 #E95E4E #D8E94E

monochromatic

#154FA8 #1C68DE #4E8BE9 #84AFF0 #BBD2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4E8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BE9

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BE9	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6093ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.155 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8facf0',
    500: '#4e8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8be9;
$custom-light: #8facf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.387,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64085,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BE9

secondary

#E7D0AC

accent

#890BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BE9

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

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