#4E8CE8#4E8CE8

#4E8CE8 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.153 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CE8
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 232)
HSL	hsl(216, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 39.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 9.07, -52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 53.24, 279.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0313 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.153 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0802, 26.1993, 79.9581)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CE8 #E8AA4E

analogous

#4ED9E8 #4E8CE8 #5D4EE8

triadic

#4E8CE8 #E84E8C #8CE84E

tetradic

#4E8CE8 #E84ED9 #E8AA4E #4EE85D

square

#4E8CE8 #E84ED9 #E8AA4E #4EE85D

split-complementary

#4E8CE8 #E85D4E #D9E84E

monochromatic

#1650A6 #1D6ADC #4E8CE8 #84AFEF #BAD2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4E8CE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4E8CE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CE8

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CE8	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6294EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ce8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.153 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadf0',
    500: '#4e8ce8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ce8;
$custom-light: #8fadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ce8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.844,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6424,
    "c": 0.15271,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CE8

secondary

#E6CFAC

accent

#870CD9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CE8

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

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