#4E8DEC#4E8DEC

#4E8DEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.157 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8DEC
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, 9.85, -53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 54.79, 280.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0314 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.157 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8016, 26.7228, 83.0335)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8DEC #ECAD4E

analogous

#4EDCEC #4E8DEC #5E4EEC

triadic

#4E8DEC #EC4E8D #8DEC4E

tetradic

#4E8DEC #EC4EDC #ECAD4E #4EEC5E

square

#4E8DEC #EC4EDC #ECAD4E #4EEC5E

split-complementary

#4E8DEC #EC5E4E #DCEC4E

monochromatic

#1350AD #196AE4 #4E8DEC #85B1F2 #BDD4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4E8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4E8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8DEC

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8DEC	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6195F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4986EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.157 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fadf2',
    500: '#4e8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8dec;
$custom-light: #8fadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.076,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64691,
    "c": 0.15684,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8DEC

secondary

#E8D1AE

accent

#8809DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8DEC

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

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