#4E86AD#4E86AD

#4E86AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.084 H 240.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86AD
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 173)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -6.98, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 27.15, 255.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0414 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.084 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2071, 21.6854, 42.7006)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86AD #AD754E

analogous

#4EADA5 #4E86AD #4E56AD

triadic

#4E86AD #AD4E86 #86AD4E

tetradic

#4E86AD #A54EAD #AD754E #56AD4E

square

#4E86AD #A54EAD #AD754E #56AD4E

split-complementary

#4E86AD #AD4E56 #ADA54E

monochromatic

#284559 #3B6583 #4E86AD #77A3C2 #A1BFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E86AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#4E86AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86AD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86AD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7586AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#099093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.084 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c5',
    500: '#4e86ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86ad;
$custom-light: #86a9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.632,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59764,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86AD

secondary

#C2A795

accent

#8A5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86AD

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

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