#4E8DE9#4E8DE9

#4E8DE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.153 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DE9
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 233)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 8.82, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 53.23, 279.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.032 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.153 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3694, 26.5499, 80.7572)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DE9 #E9AA4E

analogous

#4EDAE9 #4E8DE9 #5C4EE9

triadic

#4E8DE9 #E94E8D #8DE94E

tetradic

#4E8DE9 #E94EDA #E9AA4E #4EE95C

square

#4E8DE9 #E94EDA #E9AA4E #4EE95C

split-complementary

#4E8DE9 #E95C4E #DAE94E

monochromatic

#1551A8 #1C6BDE #4E8DE9 #84B0F0 #BBD3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4E8DE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4E8DE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DE9

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DE9	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6395ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8de9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.153 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadf0',
    500: '#4e8de9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8de9;
$custom-light: #8fadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8de9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.613,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64513,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DE9

secondary

#E7CFAC

accent

#860BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DE9

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

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