#4E86B2#4E86B2

#4E86B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.090 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86B2
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 178)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 24.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -5.40, -28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 29.28, 259.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0397 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.09 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6999, 21.8826, 45.2965)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86B2 #B27A4E

analogous

#4EB2AC #4E86B2 #4E54B2

triadic

#4E86B2 #B24E86 #86B24E

tetradic

#4E86B2 #AC4EB2 #B27A4E #54B24E

square

#4E86B2 #AC4EB2 #B27A4E #54B24E

split-complementary

#4E86B2 #B24E54 #B2AC4E

monochromatic

#29465D #3B6688 #4E86B2 #79A3C5 #A3C0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E86B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4E86B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86B2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86B2	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7387B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.090 243.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9c9',
    500: '#4e86b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86b2;
$custom-light: #87a9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6,
    "c": 0.08983,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86B2

secondary

#C4AB98

accent

#8D59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86B2

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

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