#4D81E6#4D81E6

#4D81E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.163 H 262.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D81E6
RGB	rgb(77, 129, 230)
HSL	hsl(220, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(220, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 43.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 14.87, -56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 58.33, 284.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0221 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.163 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1887, 22.9890, 77.9574)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D81E6 #E6B24D

analogous

#4DCDE6 #4D81E6 #664DE6

triadic

#4D81E6 #E64D81 #81E64D

tetradic

#4D81E6 #E64DCD #E6B24D #4DE666

square

#4D81E6 #E64DCD #E6B24D #4DE666

split-complementary

#4D81E6 #E6664D #CDE64D

monochromatic

#1746A2 #1E5DD8 #4D81E6 #83A7EE #B8CDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4D81E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4D81E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D81E6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D81E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D81E6	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	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: #4d81e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 129, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.163 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea5ee',
    500: '#4d81e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d81e6;
$custom-light: #8ea5ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d81e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.608,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61746,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D81E6

secondary

#E5D1AA

accent

#930ED8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D81E6

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

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