#4E86CD#4E86CD

#4E86CD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.124 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86CD
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 34.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 3.46, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 42.35, 274.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0316 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.124 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6825, 23.0756, 61.0044)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86CD #CD954E

analogous

#4EC6CD #4E86CD #554ECD

triadic

#4E86CD #CD4E86 #86CD4E

tetradic

#4E86CD #CD4EC6 #CD954E #4ECD55

square

#4E86CD #CD4EC6 #CD954E #4ECD55

split-complementary

#4E86CD #CD554E #C6CD4E

monochromatic

#234B7D #3168AD #4E86CD #7EA7DA #ADC7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E86CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4E86CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86CD

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86CD	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.124 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8dc',
    500: '#4e86cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86cd;
$custom-light: #8ba8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.543,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6139,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86CD

secondary

#D6BFA1

accent

#9D49DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86CD

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

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