#4E81CE#4E81CE

#4E81CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.130 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81CE
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 206)
HSL	hsl(216, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(216, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 37.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 6.79, -44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 45.44, 278.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0261 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.13 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1288, 21.7744, 61.4173)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81CE #CE9B4E

analogous

#4EC1CE #4E81CE #5B4ECE

triadic

#4E81CE #CE4E81 #81CE4E

tetradic

#4E81CE #CE4EC1 #CE9B4E #4ECE5B

square

#4E81CE #CE4EC1 #CE9B4E #4ECE5B

split-complementary

#4E81CE #CE5B4E #C1CE4E

monochromatic

#23487F #3063AE #4E81CE #7EA3DB #AEC5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E81CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4E81CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81CE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81CE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6087D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E7BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.130 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba5dd',
    500: '#4e81ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81ce;
$custom-light: #8ba5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.094,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60344,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81CE

secondary

#D7C1A1

accent

#A348E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81CE

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

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