#4E86CE#4E86CE

#4E86CE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.125 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E86CE
RGB	rgb(78, 134, 206)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 35%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 3.79, -42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 42.86, 275.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0314 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.125 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8036, 23.1240, 61.6422)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E86CE #CE964E

analogous

#4EC6CE #4E86CE #564ECE

triadic

#4E86CE #CE4E86 #86CE4E

tetradic

#4E86CE #CE4EC6 #CE964E #4ECE56

square

#4E86CE #CE4EC6 #CE964E #4ECE56

split-complementary

#4E86CE #CE564E #C6CE4E

monochromatic

#234B7F #3068AE #4E86CE #7EA7DB #AEC8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E86CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E86CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E86CE

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E86CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E86CE	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e86ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 134, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.125 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8dd',
    500: '#4e86ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e86ce;
$custom-light: #8ba8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e86ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61445,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E86CE

secondary

#D7BFA1

accent

#9D48E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E86CE

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

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