#4E86BE#4E86BE

#4E86BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.104 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86BE
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 190)
HSL	hsl(210, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 29.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -1.53, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 34.85, 267.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0358 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.104 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9579, 22.3857, 51.9216)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86BE #BE864E

analogous

#4EBEBE #4E86BE #4E4EBE

triadic

#4E86BE #BE4E86 #86BE4E

tetradic

#4E86BE #BE4EBE #BE864E #4EBE4E

square

#4E86BE #BE4EBE #BE864E #4EBE4E

split-complementary

#4E86BE #BE4E4E #BEBE4E

monochromatic

#27496A #386797 #4E86BE #7BA5CE #A8C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4E86BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#4E86BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86BE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86BE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E88C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00939A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.104 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9d2',
    500: '#4e86be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86be;
$custom-light: #88a9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60594,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86BE

secondary

#CCB49C

accent

#9452D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86BE

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

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