#4E81DE#4E81DE

#4E81DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.152 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81DE
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 222)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 41.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, 12.26, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 53.99, 283.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0227 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.152 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1723, 22.5918, 72.1799)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81DE #DEAB4E

analogous

#4EC9DE #4E81DE #634EDE

triadic

#4E81DE #DE4E81 #81DE4E

tetradic

#4E81DE #DE4EC9 #DEAB4E #4EDE63

square

#4E81DE #DE4EC9 #DEAB4E #4EDE63

split-complementary

#4E81DE #DE634E #C9DE4E

monochromatic

#1C4796 #2660C9 #4E81DE #82A6E8 #B5CAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E81DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E81DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81DE

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81DE	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F7DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.152 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da5e9',
    500: '#4e81de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81de;
$custom-light: #8da5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61293,
    "c": 0.15167,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81DE

secondary

#E0CCA8

accent

#AD3CEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81DE

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

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