#4E87A3#4E87A3

#4E87A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.074 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A3
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 163)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -10.64, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 23.21, 242.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0462 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.074 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4143, 21.5905, 37.8402)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A3 #A36A4E

analogous

#4EA395 #4E87A3 #4E5CA3

triadic

#4E87A3 #A34E87 #87A34E

tetradic

#4E87A3 #954EA3 #A36A4E #5CA34E

square

#4E87A3 #954EA3 #A36A4E #5CA34E

split-complementary

#4E87A3 #A34E5C #A3954E

monochromatic

#264250 #3A657A #4E87A3 #72A4BC #9CBFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E87A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E87A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A3

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A3	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7985A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.074 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aabe',
    500: '#4e87a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a3;
$custom-light: #85aabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.765,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59551,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A3

secondary

#BC9F91

accent

#815CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A3

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

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