#4E86BC#4E86BC

#4E86BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.102 H 249.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86BC
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 188)
HSL	hsl(209, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 28.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -2.18, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 33.89, 266.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0365 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.102 249)
XYZ	xyz(20.7408, 22.2989, 50.7783)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86BC #BC844E

analogous

#4EBCBB #4E86BC #4E4FBC

triadic

#4E86BC #BC4E86 #86BC4E

tetradic

#4E86BC #BB4EBC #BC844E #4FBC4E

square

#4E86BC #BB4EBC #BC844E #4FBC4E

split-complementary

#4E86BC #BC4E4F #BCBB4E

monochromatic

#274868 #386795 #4E86BC #7AA4CD #A7C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E86BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4E86BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86BC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86BC	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F88BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.102 249.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9d0',
    500: '#4e86bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86bc;
$custom-light: #88a9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60492,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 249
  },
  "luminance": 0.22301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86BC

secondary

#CBB29B

accent

#9353D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86BC

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

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