#4E8CE6#4E8CE6

#4E8CE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.150 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE6
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 8.38, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 52.20, 279.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0317 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.15 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7978, 26.0864, 78.4705)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE6 #E6A84E

analogous

#4ED8E6 #4E8CE6 #5C4EE6

triadic

#4E8CE6 #E64E8C #8CE64E

tetradic

#4E8CE6 #E64ED8 #E6A84E #4EE65C

square

#4E8CE6 #E64ED8 #E6A84E #4EE65C

split-complementary

#4E8CE6 #E65C4E #D8E64E

monochromatic

#1750A3 #1F6AD8 #4E8CE6 #84AFEE #B9D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4E8CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4E8CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE6

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE6	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.150 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadee',
    500: '#4e8ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce6;
$custom-light: #8eadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.526,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.1501,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE6

secondary

#E5CDAB

accent

#850ED7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE6

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

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