#4E86AE#4E86AE

#4E86AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.085 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86AE
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 174)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 23%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -6.67, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 27.56, 256.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.041 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.085 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3042, 21.7242, 43.2121)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86AE #AE764E

analogous

#4EAEA6 #4E86AE #4E56AE

triadic

#4E86AE #AE4E86 #86AE4E

tetradic

#4E86AE #A64EAE #AE764E #56AE4E

square

#4E86AE #A64EAE #AE764E #56AE4E

split-complementary

#4E86AE #AE4E56 #AEA64E

monochromatic

#284559 #3B6584 #4E86AE #77A3C2 #A1C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E86AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E86AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86AE

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86AE	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7486B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#069093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.085 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c6',
    500: '#4e86ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86ae;
$custom-light: #86a9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5981,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86AE

secondary

#C2A896

accent

#8A5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86AE

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

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