#4E8CE3#4E8CE3

#4E8CE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.146 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE3
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 7.35, -50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 50.64, 278.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0324 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.146 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3801, 25.9193, 76.2708)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE3 #E3A54E

analogous

#4ED6E3 #4E8CE3 #5B4EE3

triadic

#4E8CE3 #E34E8C #8CE34E

tetradic

#4E8CE3 #E34ED6 #E3A54E #4EE35B

square

#4E8CE3 #E34ED6 #E3A54E #4EE35B

split-complementary

#4E8CE3 #E35B4E #D6E34E

monochromatic

#19509E #216BD3 #4E8CE3 #83AEEB #B8D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4E8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4E8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE3

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE3	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)

#6593E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.146 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadec',
    500: '#4e8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce3;
$custom-light: #8eadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.034,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63947,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE3

secondary

#E3CBAA

accent

#A338EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE3

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

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