#4E81E2#4E81E2

#4E81E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.157 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E81E2
RGB	rgb(78, 129, 226)
HSL	hsl(219, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(219, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 42.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 13.64, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 56.14, 284.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.022 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.157 262)
XYZ	xyz(24.7148, 22.8088, 75.0368)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E81E2 #E2AF4E

analogous

#4ECBE2 #4E81E2 #654EE2

triadic

#4E81E2 #E24E81 #81E24E

tetradic

#4E81E2 #E24ECB #E2AF4E #4EE265

square

#4E81E2 #E24ECB #E2AF4E #4EE265

split-complementary

#4E81E2 #E2654E #CBE24E

monochromatic

#1A479C #225ED1 #4E81E2 #83A6EB #B7CCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E81E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4E81E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E81E2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E81E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E81E2	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e81e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 129, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.157 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ea5ec',
    500: '#4e81e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e81e2;
$custom-light: #8ea5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e81e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.324,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6154,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.22811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E81E2

secondary

#E3CFA9

accent

#B039EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E81E2

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

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