#4E81D8#4E81D8

#4E81D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.144 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81D8
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 216)
HSL	hsl(218, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 40.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 10.20, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 50.77, 281.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0239 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.144 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3824, 22.2759, 68.0199)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81D8 #D8A54E

analogous

#4EC6D8 #4E81D8 #604ED8

triadic

#4E81D8 #D84E81 #81D84E

tetradic

#4E81D8 #D84EC6 #D8A54E #4ED860

square

#4E81D8 #D84EC6 #D8A54E #4ED860

split-complementary

#4E81D8 #D8604E #C6D84E

monochromatic

#1F488D #2A61BF #4E81D8 #80A5E3 #B2C8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E81D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4E81D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81D8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81D8	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A89DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#467CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.144 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5e4',
    500: '#4e81d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81d8;
$custom-light: #8ca5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.826,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6093,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81D8

secondary

#DDC8A5

accent

#AA41E7

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81D8

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

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