#4E81AA#4E81AA

#4E81AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.084 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81AA
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 170)
HSL	hsl(207, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(207, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -5.05, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 27.46, 259.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0365 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.084 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2452, 20.2210, 40.9640)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81AA #AA774E

analogous

#4EAAA5 #4E81AA #4E53AA

triadic

#4E81AA #AA4E81 #81AA4E

tetradic

#4E81AA #A54EAA #AA774E #53AA4E

square

#4E81AA #A54EAA #AA774E #53AA4E

split-complementary

#4E81AA #AA4E53 #AAA54E

monochromatic

#284156 #3B6180 #4E81AA #759FC0 #9FBCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#4E81AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#4E81AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81AA

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81AA	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F81AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6378A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#148B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.084 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a5c3',
    500: '#4e81aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81aa;
$custom-light: #86a5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.739,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58453,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81AA

secondary

#C0A794

accent

#8E5BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81AA

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

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