#4E87A2#4E87A2

#4E87A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.073 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A2
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 162)
HSL	hsl(199, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -10.94, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 22.90, 241.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0466 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.073 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3250, 21.5548, 37.3702)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A2 #A2694E

analogous

#4EA293 #4E87A2 #4E5DA2

triadic

#4E87A2 #A24E87 #87A24E

tetradic

#4E87A2 #934EA2 #A2694E #5DA24E

square

#4E87A2 #934EA2 #A2694E #5DA24E

split-complementary

#4E87A2 #A24E5D #A2934E

monochromatic

#26424F #3A6579 #4E87A2 #72A4BB #9BBECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E87A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E87A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A2

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A2	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7985A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.073 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aabd',
    500: '#4e87a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a2;
$custom-light: #85aabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.286,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59508,
    "c": 0.07273,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A2

secondary

#BC9E90

accent

#805DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A2

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

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