#4C81ED#4C81ED

#4C81ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.172 H 262.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C81ED
RGB	rgb(76, 129, 237)
HSL	hsl(220, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(220, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 45.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 17.15, -59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 62.13, 286.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0217 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.172 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1114, 23.3488, 83.2350)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C81ED #EDB84C

analogous

#4CD2ED #4C81ED #684CED

triadic

#4C81ED #ED4C81 #81ED4C

tetradic

#4C81ED #ED4CD2 #EDB84C #4CED68

square

#4C81ED #ED4CD2 #EDB84C #4CED68

split-complementary

#4C81ED #ED684C #D2ED4C

monochromatic

#1145AD #175BE5 #4C81ED #84A8F3 #BBCFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4C81ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4C81ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C81ED

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C81ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C81ED	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A8DF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#297EEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c81ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 129, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.172 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fa5f3',
    500: '#4c81ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c81ed;
$custom-light: #8fa5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c81ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.248,
    "s": 81.726,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6215,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C81ED

secondary

#E8D5AC

accent

#9707DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C81ED

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

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