#4E86A3#4E86A3

#4E86A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.074 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86A3
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 163)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 17.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -10.08, -21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 23.37, 244.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.045 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.074 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2754, 21.3127, 37.7939)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86A3 #A36B4E

analogous

#4EA396 #4E86A3 #4E5BA3

triadic

#4E86A3 #A34E86 #86A34E

tetradic

#4E86A3 #964EA3 #A36B4E #5BA34E

square

#4E86A3 #964EA3 #A36B4E #5BA34E

split-complementary

#4E86A3 #A34E5B #A3964E

monochromatic

#264250 #3A647A #4E86A3 #72A3BC #9CBED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E86A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E86A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86A3

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86A3	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7884A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.074 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a9be',
    500: '#4e86a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86a3;
$custom-light: #85a9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.471,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59313,
    "c": 0.0739,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86A3

secondary

#BC9F91

accent

#825CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86A3

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

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