#4E86A4#4E86A4

#4E86A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.075 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86A4
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 164)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -9.77, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 23.71, 245.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0446 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.075 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3654, 21.3487, 38.2677)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86A4 #A46C4E

analogous

#4EA497 #4E86A4 #4E5BA4

triadic

#4E86A4 #A44E86 #86A44E

tetradic

#4E86A4 #974EA4 #A46C4E #5BA44E

square

#4E86A4 #974EA4 #A46C4E #5BA44E

split-complementary

#4E86A4 #A44E5B #A4974E

monochromatic

#274251 #3A647B #4E86A4 #73A3BC #9CBED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E86A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#4E86A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86A4

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86A4	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7885A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.075 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a9bf',
    500: '#4e86a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86a4;
$custom-light: #85a9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.93,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.07485,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86A4

secondary

#BDA091

accent

#835CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86A4

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

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