#4E81CD#4E81CD

#4E81CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.129 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81CD
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(216, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 37.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 6.45, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 44.91, 278.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0264 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.129 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0077, 21.7260, 60.7795)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81CD #CD9A4E

analogous

#4EC0CD #4E81CD #5B4ECD

triadic

#4E81CD #CD4E81 #81CD4E

tetradic

#4E81CD #CD4EC0 #CD9A4E #4ECD5B

square

#4E81CD #CD4EC0 #CD9A4E #4ECD5B

split-complementary

#4E81CD #CD5B4E #C0CD4E

monochromatic

#23477D #3163AD #4E81CD #7EA3DA #ADC5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E81CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E81CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81CD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81CD	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6087D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7BCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.129 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba5dc',
    500: '#4e81cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81cd;
$custom-light: #8ba5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.906,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60287,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81CD

secondary

#D6C1A1

accent

#A349DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81CD

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

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