#4E86A8#4E86A8

#4E86A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.079 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86A8
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 168)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 20.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -8.54, -23.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 25.17, 250.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0432 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.079 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7323, 21.4955, 40.2001)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86A8 #A8704E

analogous

#4EA89D #4E86A8 #4E59A8

triadic

#4E86A8 #A84E86 #86A84E

tetradic

#4E86A8 #9D4EA8 #A8704E #59A84E

square

#4E86A8 #9D4EA8 #A8704E #59A84E

split-complementary

#4E86A8 #A84E59 #A89D4E

monochromatic

#274354 #3B657E #4E86A8 #75A3BF #9EBFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E86A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E86A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86A8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86A8	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7685AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.079 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c2',
    500: '#4e86a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86a8;
$custom-light: #86a9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59535,
    "c": 0.07883,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86A8

secondary

#BFA493

accent

#865BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86A8

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

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