#4E87A8#4E87A8

#4E87A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.078 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87A8
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 168)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -9.11, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 24.94, 248.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0443 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.078 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8711, 21.7732, 40.2464)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87A8 #A86F4E

analogous

#4EA89C #4E87A8 #4E5AA8

triadic

#4E87A8 #A84E87 #87A84E

tetradic

#4E87A8 #9C4EA8 #A86F4E #5AA84E

square

#4E87A8 #9C4EA8 #A86F4E #5AA84E

split-complementary

#4E87A8 #A84E5A #A89C4E

monochromatic

#274454 #3B657E #4E87A8 #75A3BF #9EBFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E87A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4E87A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87A8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87A8	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7886AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.078 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aac2',
    500: '#4e87a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87a8;
$custom-light: #86aac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59771,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87A8

secondary

#BFA393

accent

#855BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87A8

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

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