#4E8CEC#4E8CEC

#4E8CEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.158 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CEC
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 40.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 10.45, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 55.33, 280.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0304 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.158 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6549, 26.4292, 82.9845)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CEC #ECAE4E

analogous

#4EDBEC #4E8CEC #5F4EEC

triadic

#4E8CEC #EC4E8C #8CEC4E

tetradic

#4E8CEC #EC4EDB #ECAE4E #4EEC5F

square

#4E8CEC #EC4EDB #ECAE4E #4EEC5F

split-complementary

#4E8CEC #EC5F4E #DBEC4E

monochromatic

#134FAD #1968E4 #4E8CEC #85B0F2 #BDD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4E8CEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4E8CEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CEC

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CEC	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6094F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8cec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.158 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadf2',
    500: '#4e8cec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8cec;
$custom-light: #8fadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8cec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.456,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CEC

secondary

#E8D1AE

accent

#8A09DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CEC

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

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