#4E81BA#4E81BA

#4E81BA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.104 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81BA
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 186)
HSL	hsl(212, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(212, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 30.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 0.11, -35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 35.09, 270.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0314 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.104 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8519, 20.8637, 49.4258)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81BA #BA874E

analogous

#4EB7BA #4E81BA #514EBA

triadic

#4E81BA #BA4E81 #81BA4E

tetradic

#4E81BA #BA4EB7 #BA874E #4EBA51

square

#4E81BA #BA4EB7 #BA874E #4EBA51

split-complementary

#4E81BA #BA514E #B7BA4E

monochromatic

#284566 #396392 #4E81BA #7AA0CB #A6C0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4E81BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4E81BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81BA

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81BA	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6984BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.104 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a5cf',
    500: '#4e81ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81ba;
$custom-light: #88a5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5925,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81BA

secondary

#CAB39A

accent

#9754D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81BA

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

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