#4E81BE#4E81BE

#4E81BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.109 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81BE
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(213, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 1.43, -37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 37.11, 272.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0303 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.109 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2831, 21.0361, 51.6967)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81BE #BE8B4E

analogous

#4EB9BE #4E81BE #534EBE

triadic

#4E81BE #BE4E81 #81BE4E

tetradic

#4E81BE #BE4EB9 #BE8B4E #4EBE53

square

#4E81BE #BE4EB9 #BE8B4E #4EBE53

split-complementary

#4E81BE #BE534E #B9BE4E

monochromatic

#27466A #386397 #4E81BE #7BA1CE #A8C1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E81BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#4E81BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81BE

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81BE	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6884C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597ABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.109 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a5d2',
    500: '#4e81be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81be;
$custom-light: #88a5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.679,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5946,
    "c": 0.10893,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81BE

secondary

#CCB69C

accent

#9A52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81BE

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

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