#4E86AA#4E86AA

#4E86AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.081 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86AA
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 170)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -7.92, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 25.94, 252.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0424 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.081 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9200, 21.5706, 41.1889)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86AA #AA724E

analogous

#4EAAA0 #4E86AA #4E58AA

triadic

#4E86AA #AA4E86 #86AA4E

tetradic

#4E86AA #A04EAA #AA724E #58AA4E

square

#4E86AA #A04EAA #AA724E #58AA4E

split-complementary

#4E86AA #AA4E58 #AAA04E

monochromatic

#284456 #3B6580 #4E86AA #75A3C0 #9FBFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E86AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E86AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86AA

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86AA	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7685AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#118F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.081 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c3',
    500: '#4e86aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86aa;
$custom-light: #86a9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.478,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59625,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86AA

secondary

#C0A594

accent

#875BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86AA

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

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