#4A81DE#4A81DE

#4A81DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.153 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A81DE
RGB	rgb(74, 129, 222)
HSL	hsl(218, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 11.60, -52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 54.12, 282.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0259 -0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.153 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8544, 22.4279, 72.1650)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A81DE #DEA74A

analogous

#4ACBDE #4A81DE #5D4ADE

triadic

#4A81DE #DE4A81 #81DE4A

tetradic

#4A81DE #DE4ACB #DEA74A #4ADE5D

square

#4A81DE #DE4ACB #DEA74A #4ADE5D

split-complementary

#4A81DE #DE5D4A #CBDE4A

monochromatic

#1B4793 #2461C7 #4A81DE #7EA5E7 #B2C9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4A81DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#4A81DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A81DE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A81DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A81DE	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E7CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a81de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 129, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.153 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba5e9',
    500: '#4a81de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a81de;
$custom-light: #8ba5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a81de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.703,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61113,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A81DE

secondary

#DFC9A4

accent

#AB3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A81DE

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

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