#4E81BD#4E81BD

#4E81BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.108 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81BD
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(212, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(212, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 1.09, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 36.60, 271.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0306 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.108 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1742, 20.9926, 51.1231)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81BD #BD8A4E

analogous

#4EB9BD #4E81BD #524EBD

triadic

#4E81BD #BD4E81 #81BD4E

tetradic

#4E81BD #BD4EB9 #BD8A4E #4EBD52

square

#4E81BD #BD4EB9 #BD8A4E #4EBD52

split-complementary

#4E81BD #BD524E #B9BD4E

monochromatic

#274669 #386396 #4E81BD #7BA1CE #A7C0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4E81BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#4E81BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81BD

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81BD	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6884C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.108 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a5d1',
    500: '#4e81bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81bd;
$custom-light: #88a5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59407,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81BD

secondary

#CCB59B

accent

#9952D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81BD

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

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