#4E86B4#4E86B4

#4E86B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.092 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86B4
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 180)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(207, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 25.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -4.76, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 30.17, 260.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.039 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.092 245)
XYZ	xyz(19.9022, 21.9635, 46.3617)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86B4 #B47C4E

analogous

#4EB4AF #4E86B4 #4E53B4

triadic

#4E86B4 #B44E86 #86B44E

tetradic

#4E86B4 #AF4EB4 #B47C4E #53B44E

square

#4E86B4 #AF4EB4 #B47C4E #53B44E

split-complementary

#4E86B4 #B44E53 #B4AF4E

monochromatic

#28465F #3B668A #4E86B4 #79A3C6 #A4C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E86B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4E86B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86B4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86B4	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#7287B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.092 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9ca',
    500: '#4e86b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86b4;
$custom-light: #87a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.059,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60096,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.21965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86B4

secondary

#C6AD98

accent

#8E57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86B4

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

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