#4E81AC#4E81AC

#4E81AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.086 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81AC
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 172)
HSL	hsl(207, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(207, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 25%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -4.41, -28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 28.36, 261.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0358 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.086 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4359, 20.2972, 41.9680)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81AC #AC794E

analogous

#4EACA8 #4E81AC #4E52AC

triadic

#4E81AC #AC4E81 #81AC4E

tetradic

#4E81AC #A84EAC #AC794E #52AC4E

square

#4E81AC #A84EAC #AC794E #52AC4E

split-complementary

#4E81AC #AC4E52 #ACA84E

monochromatic

#284258 #3B6182 #4E81AC #769FC1 #A0BCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#4E81AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#4E81AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81AC

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81AC	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F82AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.086 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a5c5',
    500: '#4e81ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81ac;
$custom-light: #86a5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.447,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58549,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81AC

secondary

#C1A995

accent

#8F5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81AC

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

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