#4E87A7#4E87A7

#4E87A7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.077 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A7
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 167)
HSL	hsl(202, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -9.42, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 24.57, 247.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0447 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.077 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7783, 21.7361, 39.7576)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A7 #A76E4E

analogous

#4EA79A #4E87A7 #4E5AA7

triadic

#4E87A7 #A74E87 #87A74E

tetradic

#4E87A7 #9A4EA7 #A76E4E #5AA74E

square

#4E87A7 #9A4EA7 #A76E4E #5AA74E

split-complementary

#4E87A7 #A74E5A #A79A4E

monochromatic

#274454 #3B657D #4E87A7 #74A3BE #9EBFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E87A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E87A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A7

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A7	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#168F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.077 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aac1',
    500: '#4e87a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a7;
$custom-light: #86aac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59726,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A7

secondary

#BEA292

accent

#845BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A7

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

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