#4E81AD#4E81AD

#4E81AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.087 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81AD
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 173)
HSL	hsl(208, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 25.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -4.09, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 28.82, 261.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0355 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.087 246)
XYZ	xyz(18.5323, 20.3358, 42.4757)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81AD #AD7A4E

analogous

#4EADAA #4E81AD #4E52AD

triadic

#4E81AD #AD4E81 #81AD4E

tetradic

#4E81AD #AA4EAD #AD7A4E #52AD4E

square

#4E81AD #AA4EAD #AD7A4E #52AD4E

split-complementary

#4E81AD #AD4E52 #ADAA4E

monochromatic

#284259 #3B6283 #4E81AD #779FC2 #A1BDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E81AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#4E81AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81AD

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81AD	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E82AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D8B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.087 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a5c5',
    500: '#4e81ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81ad;
$custom-light: #86a5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.789,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58597,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.20337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81AD

secondary

#C2AA95

accent

#905ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81AD

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

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