#4E90ED#4E90ED

#4E90ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.155 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E90ED
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 237)
HSL	hsl(215, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 39.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, 8.41, -53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 53.72, 279.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% -0.034 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.155 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3957, 27.6777, 83.9502)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E90ED #EDAB4E

analogous

#4EE0ED #4E90ED #5C4EED

triadic

#4E90ED #ED4E90 #90ED4E

tetradic

#4E90ED #ED4EE0 #EDAB4E #4EED5C

square

#4E90ED #ED4EE0 #EDAB4E #4EED5C

split-complementary

#4E90ED #ED5C4E #E0ED4E

monochromatic

#1253AF #176DE6 #4E90ED #86B3F3 #BDD6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#4E90ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#4E90ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E90ED

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E90ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E90ED	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6698F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e90ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.155 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb0f3',
    500: '#4e90ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e90ed;
$custom-light: #8fb0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e90ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.094,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65391,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E90ED

secondary

#E9D0AE

accent

#8508DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E90ED

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

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