#4E86C9#4E86C9

#4E86C9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.118 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86C9
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 201)
HSL	hsl(213, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 2.12, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 40.31, 273.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0327 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.118 254)
XYZ	xyz(22.2058, 22.8849, 58.4940)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86C9 #C9914E

analogous

#4EC4C9 #4E86C9 #544EC9

triadic

#4E86C9 #C94E86 #86C94E

tetradic

#4E86C9 #C94EC4 #C9914E #4EC954

square

#4E86C9 #C94EC4 #C9914E #4EC954

split-complementary

#4E86C9 #C9544E #C4C94E

monochromatic

#254B78 #3368A7 #4E86C9 #7DA6D7 #ACC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4E86C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4E86C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86C9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86C9	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.118 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa8d9',
    500: '#4e86c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86c9;
$custom-light: #8aa8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.683,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61172,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86C9

secondary

#D3BC9F

accent

#9A4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86C9

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

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