#4E81CA#4E81CA

#4E81CA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.125 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81CA
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 202)
HSL	hsl(215, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 5.43, -42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 43.33, 277.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0271 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.125 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6490, 21.5825, 58.8906)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81CA #CA974E

analogous

#4EBFCA #4E81CA #594ECA

triadic

#4E81CA #CA4E81 #81CA4E

tetradic

#4E81CA #CA4EBF #CA974E #4ECA59

square

#4E81CA #CA4EBF #CA974E #4ECA59

split-complementary

#4E81CA #CA594E #BFCA4E

monochromatic

#244779 #3263A8 #4E81CA #7DA3D8 #ACC4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E81CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E81CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81CA

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81CA	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6286CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#517BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.125 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa5da',
    500: '#4e81ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81ca;
$custom-light: #8aa5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.323,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60117,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81CA

secondary

#D4BFA0

accent

#A14BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81CA

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

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