#4E87A0#4E87A0

#4E87A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.071 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A0
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 160)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 15.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -11.54, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 22.29, 238.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0474 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.071 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1487, 21.4842, 36.4414)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A0 #A0674E

analogous

#4EA090 #4E87A0 #4E5EA0

triadic

#4E87A0 #A04E87 #87A04E

tetradic

#4E87A0 #904EA0 #A0674E #5EA04E

square

#4E87A0 #904EA0 #A0674E #5EA04E

split-complementary

#4E87A0 #A04E5E #A0904E

monochromatic

#26424E #3A6477 #4E87A0 #71A4BA #9ABECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E87A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E87A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A0

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A0	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.071 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aabc',
    500: '#4e87a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a0;
$custom-light: #85aabc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.293,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59422,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A0

secondary

#BB9C8F

accent

#7F5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A0

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

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