#4E86A5#4E86A5

#4E86A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.076 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86A5
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 165)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -9.46, -22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 24.06, 246.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0443 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.076 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4560, 21.3850, 38.7451)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86A5 #A56D4E

analogous

#4EA598 #4E86A5 #4E5BA5

triadic

#4E86A5 #A54E86 #86A54E

tetradic

#4E86A5 #984EA5 #A56D4E #5BA54E

square

#4E86A5 #984EA5 #A56D4E #5BA54E

split-complementary

#4E86A5 #A54E5B #A5984E

monochromatic

#274352 #3A647B #4E86A5 #73A3BD #9DBED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E86A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E86A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86A5

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86A5	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7785A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.076 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9bf',
    500: '#4e86a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86a5;
$custom-light: #86a9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.379,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.07582,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86A5

secondary

#BDA191

accent

#845CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86A5

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

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