#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
RGBrgb(78, 142, 233)
HSLhsl(215, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(215, 67%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(58.83, 8.22, -52.06)
CIE-LCHlch(58.83, 52.70, 278.97°)
OKLaboklab(64.73% -0.033 -0.1482)
OKLCHoklch(64.73% 0.152 257.5)
XYZxyz(27.5176, 26.8461, 80.8066)
Luminance0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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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
##4E8EE91.003.306.376.37
#FFFFFF3.301.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3721.001.001.00
##0000006.3721.001.001.00

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

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#4E8EE9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva