#4E87A6#4E87A6

#4E87A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.076 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A6
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 166)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 18.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -9.72, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 24.22, 246.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.0451 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.076 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6863, 21.6993, 39.2727)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A6 #A66D4E

analogous

#4EA699 #4E87A6 #4E5BA6

triadic

#4E87A6 #A64E87 #87A64E

tetradic

#4E87A6 #994EA6 #A66D4E #5BA64E

square

#4E87A6 #994EA6 #A66D4E #5BA64E

split-complementary

#4E87A6 #A64E5B #A6994E

monochromatic

#274353 #3A657C #4E87A6 #74A4BE #9DBFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E87A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#4E87A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A6

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A6	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#188F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.076 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aac0',
    500: '#4e87a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a6;
$custom-light: #86aac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.136,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59682,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A6

secondary

#BEA192

accent

#835CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A6

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

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