#4E81D6#4E81D6

#4E81D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.141 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81D6
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 214)
HSL	hsl(218, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 39.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 9.51, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 49.70, 281.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0243 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.141 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1254, 22.1731, 66.6664)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81D6 #D6A34E

analogous

#4EC5D6 #4E81D6 #5F4ED6

triadic

#4E81D6 #D64E81 #81D64E

tetradic

#4E81D6 #D64EC5 #D6A34E #4ED65F

square

#4E81D6 #D64EC5 #D6A34E #4ED65F

split-complementary

#4E81D6 #D65F4E #C5D64E

monochromatic

#20488A #2B61BB #4E81D6 #80A4E2 #B1C8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4E81D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#4E81D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81D6

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81D6	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B88D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#477CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0094A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.141 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5e3',
    500: '#4e81d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81d6;
$custom-light: #8ca5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6081,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81D6

secondary

#DBC7A4

accent

#A842E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81D6

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

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