#4E86B3#4E86B3

#4E86B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.091 H 244.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86B3
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 179)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(207, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 25.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -5.08, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 29.73, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0393 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.091 244.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8007, 21.9229, 45.8272)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86B3 #B37B4E

analogous

#4EB3AE #4E86B3 #4E53B3

triadic

#4E86B3 #B34E86 #86B34E

tetradic

#4E86B3 #AE4EB3 #B37B4E #53B34E

square

#4E86B3 #AE4EB3 #B37B4E #53B34E

split-complementary

#4E86B3 #B34E53 #B3AE4E

monochromatic

#28465E #3B6689 #4E86B3 #79A3C5 #A4C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E86B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4E86B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86B3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86B3	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7387B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.091 244.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9ca',
    500: '#4e86b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86b3;
$custom-light: #87a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.733,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60048,
    "c": 0.091,
    "h": 244.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86B3

secondary

#C5AC98

accent

#8D58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86B3

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

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