#4E8BEC#4E8BEC

#4E8BEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.159 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8BEC
RGB	rgb(78, 139, 236)
HSL	hsl(217, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 41.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, 11.05, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 55.88, 281.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0295 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.159 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5094, 26.1383, 82.9360)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8BEC #ECAF4E

analogous

#4EDAEC #4E8BEC #604EEC

triadic

#4E8BEC #EC4E8B #8BEC4E

tetradic

#4E8BEC #EC4EDA #ECAF4E #4EEC60

square

#4E8BEC #EC4EDA #ECAF4E #4EEC60

split-complementary

#4E8BEC #EC604E #DAEC4E

monochromatic

#134EAD #1967E4 #4E8BEC #85AFF2 #BDD3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E8BEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4E8BEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8BEC

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8BEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8BEC	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E94F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4585EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8bec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 139, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.159 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8facf3',
    500: '#4e8bec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8bec;
$custom-light: #8facf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8bec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.835,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64265,
    "c": 0.15903,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8BEC

secondary

#E8D2AE

accent

#8B09DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8BEC

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

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