#4C81BE#4C81BE

#4C81BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.110 H 253.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C81BE
RGB	rgb(76, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(212, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 1.02, -37.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 37.24, 271.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0319 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.11 253.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1217, 20.9529, 51.6891)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C81BE #BE894C

analogous

#4CBABE #4C81BE #504CBE

triadic

#4C81BE #BE4C81 #81BE4C

tetradic

#4C81BE #BE4CBA #BE894C #4CBE50

square

#4C81BE #BE4CBA #BE894C #4CBE50

split-complementary

#4C81BE #BE504C #BABE4C

monochromatic

#264569 #376396 #4C81BE #79A1CE #A6C0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#4C81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#4C81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C81BE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C81BE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5879BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.110 253.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a5d2',
    500: '#4c81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c81be;
$custom-light: #87a5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.105,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59364,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 253.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C81BE

secondary

#CCB59A

accent

#9951D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C81BE

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

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