#4D81BE#4D81BE

#4D81BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.109 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D81BE
RGB	rgb(77, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(212, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(212, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 1.22, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 37.17, 271.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0311 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.109 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2018, 20.9942, 51.6929)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D81BE #BE8A4D

analogous

#4DBABE #4D81BE #514DBE

triadic

#4D81BE #BE4D81 #81BE4D

tetradic

#4D81BE #BE4DBA #BE8A4D #4DBE51

square

#4D81BE #BE4DBA #BE8A4D #4DBE51

split-complementary

#4D81BE #BE514D #BABE4D

monochromatic

#27466A #376397 #4D81BE #7AA1CE #A7C0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4D81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#4D81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D81BE

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D81BE	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.109 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a5d2',
    500: '#4d81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d81be;
$custom-light: #88a5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.389,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59412,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D81BE

secondary

#CCB59B

accent

#9952D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D81BE

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

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