#4E8EEC#4E8EEC

#4E8EEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.156 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8EEC
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 39.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, 9.25, -53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 54.26, 279.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% -0.0323 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.156 258)
XYZ	xyz(27.9497, 27.0190, 83.0828)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8EEC #ECAC4E

analogous

#4EDDEC #4E8EEC #5D4EEC

triadic

#4E8EEC #EC4E8E #8EEC4E

tetradic

#4E8EEC #EC4EDD #ECAC4E #4EEC5D

square

#4E8EEC #EC4EDD #ECAC4E #4EEC5D

split-complementary

#4E8EEC #EC5D4E #DDEC4E

monochromatic

#1351AD #196BE4 #4E8EEC #85B1F2 #BDD5F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4E8EEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4E8EEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8EEC

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8EEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8EEC	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6396F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B87EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8eec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.156 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8faef2',
    500: '#4e8eec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8eec;
$custom-light: #8faef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8eec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.696,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64904,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.27022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8EEC

secondary

#E8D0AE

accent

#8709DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8EEC

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

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