#4981E6#4981E6

#4981E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.164 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4981E6
RGB	rgb(73, 129, 230)
HSL	hsl(219, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 43.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 14.25, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 58.44, 284.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0252 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.164 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8757, 22.8276, 77.9428)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4981E6 #E6AE49

analogous

#49CFE6 #4981E6 #6049E6

triadic

#4981E6 #E64981 #81E649

tetradic

#4981E6 #E649CF #E6AE49 #49E660

square

#4981E6 #E649CF #E6AE49 #49E660

split-complementary

#4981E6 #E66049 #CFE649

monochromatic

#16479F #1D5FD5 #4981E6 #7FA6ED #B5CCF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4981E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4981E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4981E6

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4981E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4981E6	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F8BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#337DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4981e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 129, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.164 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5ee',
    500: '#4981e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4981e6;
$custom-light: #8ca5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4981e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.599,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61571,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4981E6

secondary

#E4CEA7

accent

#AF35F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4981E6

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

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