#4E81AE#4E81AE

#4E81AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.089 H 246.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81AE
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 174)
HSL	hsl(208, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(208, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -3.78, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 29.28, 262.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0352 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.089 246.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6294, 20.3747, 42.9872)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81AE #AE7B4E

analogous

#4EAEAB #4E81AE #4E51AE

triadic

#4E81AE #AE4E81 #81AE4E

tetradic

#4E81AE #AB4EAE #AE7B4E #51AE4E

square

#4E81AE #AB4EAE #AE7B4E #51AE4E

split-complementary

#4E81AE #AE4E51 #AEAB4E

monochromatic

#284259 #3B6284 #4E81AE #779FC2 #A1BDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#4E81AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#4E81AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81AE

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81AE	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E82B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.089 246.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a5c6',
    500: '#4e81ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81ae;
$custom-light: #86a5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58646,
    "c": 0.08863,
    "h": 246.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81AE

secondary

#C2AB96

accent

#905ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81AE

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

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