#4E8EE9#4E8EE9

#4E8EE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.152 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EE9
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, 8.22, -52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 52.70, 278.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.033 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.152 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5176, 26.8461, 80.8066)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EE9 #E9A94E

analogous

#4EDBE9 #4E8EE9 #5B4EE9

triadic

#4E8EE9 #E94E8E #8EE94E

tetradic

#4E8EE9 #E94EDB #E9A94E #4EE95B

square

#4E8EE9 #E94EDB #E9A94E #4EE95B

split-complementary

#4E8EE9 #E95B4E #DBE94E

monochromatic

#1552A8 #1C6CDE #4E8EE9 #84B1F0 #BBD4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4E8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#4E8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EE9

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EE9	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6595ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.152 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faef0',
    500: '#4e8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8ee9;
$custom-light: #8faef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.226,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64727,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EE9

secondary

#E7CEAC

accent

#850BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EE9

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

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