#4E87A5#4E87A5

#4E87A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.075 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A5
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 165)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 18.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.67, -10.03, -21.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.67, 23.87, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0455 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.075 233)
XYZ	xyz(18.5949, 21.6627, 38.7914)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A5 #A56C4E

analogous

#4EA597 #4E87A5 #4E5BA5

triadic

#4E87A5 #A54E87 #87A54E

tetradic

#4E87A5 #974EA5 #A56C4E #5BA54E

square

#4E87A5 #974EA5 #A56C4E #5BA54E

split-complementary

#4E87A5 #A54E5B #A5974E

monochromatic

#274352 #3A657B #4E87A5 #73A4BD #9DBFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E87A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E87A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A5

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A5	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)

#7986A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.075 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aabf',
    500: '#4e87a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a5;
$custom-light: #86aabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.07548,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.21664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A5

secondary

#BDA191

accent

#835CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A5

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

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