#4E81DC#4E81DC

#4E81DC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.149 H 261.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81DC
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 220)
HSL	hsl(218, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 41.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 11.57, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 52.91, 282.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0231 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.149 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9058, 22.4852, 70.7765)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81DC #DCA94E

analogous

#4EC8DC #4E81DC #624EDC

triadic

#4E81DC #DC4E81 #81DC4E

tetradic

#4E81DC #DC4EC8 #DCA94E #4EDC62

square

#4E81DC #DC4EC8 #DCA94E #4EDC62

split-complementary

#4E81DC #DC624E #C8DC4E

monochromatic

#1D4793 #2760C6 #4E81DC #81A5E6 #B4CAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#4E81DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#4E81DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81DC

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81DC	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578AE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#427CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.149 261.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da5e7',
    500: '#4e81dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81dc;
$custom-light: #8da5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.451,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61171,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81DC

secondary

#DFCBA7

accent

#AC3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FC

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81DC

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

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