#4E87A4#4E87A4

#4E87A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.075 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A4
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 164)
HSL	hsl(200, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -10.33, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 23.54, 243.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0458 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.075 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5042, 21.6265, 38.3140)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A4 #A46B4E

analogous

#4EA496 #4E87A4 #4E5CA4

triadic

#4E87A4 #A44E87 #87A44E

tetradic

#4E87A4 #964EA4 #A46B4E #5CA44E

square

#4E87A4 #964EA4 #A46B4E #5CA44E

split-complementary

#4E87A4 #A44E5C #A4964E

monochromatic

#274351 #3A657B #4E87A4 #73A4BC #9CBFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E87A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E87A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A4

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A4	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7985A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.075 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aabf',
    500: '#4e87a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a4;
$custom-light: #85aabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.233,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59594,
    "c": 0.07454,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A4

secondary

#BDA091

accent

#825CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A4

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

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