#4E81D5#4E81D5

#4E81D5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.140 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81D5
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 213)
HSL	hsl(217, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(217, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 39.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 9.17, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 49.16, 280.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.75% -0.0245 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(60.75% 0.14 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9981, 22.1222, 65.9959)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81D5 #D5A24E

analogous

#4EC5D5 #4E81D5 #5E4ED5

triadic

#4E81D5 #D54E81 #81D54E

tetradic

#4E81D5 #D54EC5 #D5A24E #4ED55E

square

#4E81D5 #D54EC5 #D5A24E #4ED55E

split-complementary

#4E81D5 #D55E4E #C5D54E

monochromatic

#204888 #2C62BA #4E81D5 #7FA4E1 #B1C7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E81D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4E81D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81D5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81D5	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C88D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#487CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.140 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5e2',
    500: '#4e81d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81d5;
$custom-light: #8ca5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60751,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81D5

secondary

#DBC6A4

accent

#A843E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81D5

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

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