#4E81C0#4E81C0

#4E81C0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81C0
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 192)
HSL	hsl(213, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 32.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 2.09, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 38.13, 273.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0297 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.112 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5032, 21.1242, 52.8558)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81C0 #C08D4E

analogous

#4EBAC0 #4E81C0 #544EC0

triadic

#4E81C0 #C04E81 #81C04E

tetradic

#4E81C0 #C04EBA #C08D4E #4EC054

square

#4E81C0 #C04EBA #C08D4E #4EC054

split-complementary

#4E81C0 #C0544E #BAC04E

monochromatic

#27466D #37639A #4E81C0 #7BA1D0 #A8C1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E81C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E81C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81C0

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81C0	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6785C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587ABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a5d3',
    500: '#4e81c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81c0;
$custom-light: #89a5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.158,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59567,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81C0

secondary

#CEB79C

accent

#9B51D7

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81C0

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

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