#4E8CED#4E8CED

#4E8CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.159 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8CED
RGB	rgb(78, 140, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, 10.79, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 55.86, 281.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0302 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.159 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8005, 26.4875, 83.7518)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8CED #EDAF4E

analogous

#4EDBED #4E8CED #604EED

triadic

#4E8CED #ED4E8C #8CED4E

tetradic

#4E8CED #ED4EDB #EDAF4E #4EED60

square

#4E8CED #ED4EDB #EDAF4E #4EED60

split-complementary

#4E8CED #ED604E #DBED4E

monochromatic

#124FAF #1768E6 #4E8CED #86B0F3 #BDD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E8CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4E8CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8CED

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8CED	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F95F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4686EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 140, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.159 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90adf3',
    500: '#4e8ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ced;
$custom-light: #90adf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.604,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64538,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8CED

secondary

#E9D2AE

accent

#8A08DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8CED

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

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