#4E81D9#4E81D9

#4E81D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.145 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81D9
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 217)
HSL	hsl(218, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 40.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, 10.54, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 51.30, 281.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0237 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.145 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5121, 22.3277, 68.7028)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81D9 #D9A64E

analogous

#4EC6D9 #4E81D9 #614ED9

triadic

#4E81D9 #D94E81 #81D94E

tetradic

#4E81D9 #D94EC6 #D9A64E #4ED961

square

#4E81D9 #D94EC6 #D9A64E #4ED961

split-complementary

#4E81D9 #D9614E #C6D94E

monochromatic

#1F478E #2961C0 #4E81D9 #80A5E4 #B3C9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#4E81D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#4E81D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81D9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81D9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5989DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0095A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.145 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5e5',
    500: '#4e81d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81d9;
$custom-light: #8ca5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.986,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60989,
    "c": 0.14495,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81D9

secondary

#DDC9A6

accent

#AA40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81D9

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

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