#4E86B1#4E86B1

#4E86B1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.089 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86B1
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 177)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 24.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -5.72, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 28.85, 258.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.04 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.089 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5999, 21.8425, 44.7696)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86B1 #B1794E

analogous

#4EB1AB #4E86B1 #4E54B1

triadic

#4E86B1 #B14E86 #86B14E

tetradic

#4E86B1 #AB4EB1 #B1794E #54B14E

square

#4E86B1 #AB4EB1 #B1794E #54B14E

split-complementary

#4E86B1 #B14E54 #B1AB4E

monochromatic

#29465C #3B6687 #4E86B1 #78A3C4 #A3C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E86B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4E86B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86B1

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86B1	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7386B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.089 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9c8',
    500: '#4e86b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86b1;
$custom-light: #87a9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.061,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59952,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86B1

secondary

#C4AA97

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86B1

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

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