#4E81D4#4E81D4

#4E81D4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.138 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81D4
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 212)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(217, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 39.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 8.83, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 48.63, 280.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0248 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.138 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8716, 22.0715, 65.3295)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81D4 #D4A14E

analogous

#4EC4D4 #4E81D4 #5E4ED4

triadic

#4E81D4 #D44E81 #81D44E

tetradic

#4E81D4 #D44EC4 #D4A14E #4ED45E

square

#4E81D4 #D44EC4 #D4A14E #4ED45E

split-complementary

#4E81D4 #D45E4E #C4D44E

monochromatic

#214887 #2D62B8 #4E81D4 #7FA4E0 #B0C7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E81D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E81D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81D4

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81D4	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C88D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#497CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.138 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5e1',
    500: '#4e81d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81d4;
$custom-light: #8ca5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.164,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60692,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81D4

secondary

#DAC5A4

accent

#A744E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81D4

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

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