#4E8CE4#4E8CE4

#4E8CE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.147 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE4
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 38.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 7.70, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 51.16, 278.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0321 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.147 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5185, 25.9747, 76.9998)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE4 #E4A64E

analogous

#4ED7E4 #4E8CE4 #5B4EE4

triadic

#4E8CE4 #E44E8C #8CE44E

tetradic

#4E8CE4 #E44ED7 #E4A64E #4EE45B

square

#4E8CE4 #E44ED7 #E4A64E #4EE45B

split-complementary

#4E8CE4 #E45B4E #D7E44E

monochromatic

#18509F #206BD4 #4E8CE4 #83AFEC #B8D1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4E8CE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4E8CE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE4

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE4	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6493E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.147 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaded',
    500: '#4e8ce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce4;
$custom-light: #8eaded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64005,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE4

secondary

#E4CCAA

accent

#A438F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE4

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

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