#4C81E6#4C81E6

#4C81E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.163 H 261.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C81E6
RGB	rgb(76, 129, 230)
HSL	hsl(219, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 43.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, 14.71, -56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 58.36, 284.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0229 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.163 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1086, 22.9477, 77.9537)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C81E6 #E6B14C

analogous

#4CCEE6 #4C81E6 #644CE6

triadic

#4C81E6 #E64C81 #81E64C

tetradic

#4C81E6 #E64CCE #E6B14C #4CE664

square

#4C81E6 #E64CCE #E6B14C #4CE664

split-complementary

#4C81E6 #E6644C #CEE64C

monochromatic

#1746A1 #1E5ED7 #4C81E6 #82A7ED #B7CDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4C81E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4C81E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C81E6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C81E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C81E6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357DE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c81e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 129, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.163 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea5ee',
    500: '#4c81e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c81e6;
$custom-light: #8ea5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c81e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.351,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61701,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C81E6

secondary

#E5D0A9

accent

#B136F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C81E6

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

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