#4A81CE#4A81CE

#4A81CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.132 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A81CE
RGB	rgb(74, 129, 206)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, 6.06, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 45.62, 277.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0294 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.132 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8109, 21.6105, 61.4024)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A81CE #CE974A

analogous

#4AC3CE #4A81CE #554ACE

triadic

#4A81CE #CE4A81 #81CE4A

tetradic

#4A81CE #CE4AC3 #CE974A #4ACE55

square

#4A81CE #CE4AC3 #CE974A #4ACE55

split-complementary

#4A81CE #CE554A #C3CE4A

monochromatic

#22477C #2F63AC #4A81CE #7AA3DB #AAC4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4A81CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4A81CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A81CE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A81CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A81CE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F87D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00939E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a81ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 129, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.132 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a5dd',
    500: '#4a81ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a81ce;
$custom-light: #89a5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a81ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60159,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A81CE

secondary

#D6BF9E

accent

#A147E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A81CE

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

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