#4E86C6#4E86C6

#4E86C6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.115 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86C6
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 198)
HSL	hsl(212, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 32.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 1.12, -38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 38.79, 271.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0335 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.115 253)
XYZ	xyz(21.8564, 22.7451, 56.6536)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86C6 #C68E4E

analogous

#4EC2C6 #4E86C6 #524EC6

triadic

#4E86C6 #C64E86 #86C64E

tetradic

#4E86C6 #C64EC2 #C68E4E #4EC652

square

#4E86C6 #C64EC2 #C68E4E #4EC652

split-complementary

#4E86C6 #C6524E #C2C64E

monochromatic

#254A74 #3468A2 #4E86C6 #7CA6D5 #ABC5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E86C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E86C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86C6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86C6	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.115 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa8d7',
    500: '#4e86c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86c6;
$custom-light: #8aa8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61011,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.22747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86C6

secondary

#D1BA9E

accent

#994DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86C6

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

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