#4E87AA#4E87AA

#4E87AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.080 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87AA
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 170)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -8.49, -24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 25.68, 250.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0436 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.08 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0589, 21.8483, 41.2352)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87AA #AA714E

analogous

#4EAA9F #4E87AA #4E59AA

triadic

#4E87AA #AA4E87 #87AA4E

tetradic

#4E87AA #9F4EAA #AA714E #59AA4E

square

#4E87AA #9F4EAA #AA714E #59AA4E

split-complementary

#4E87AA #AA4E59 #AA9F4E

monochromatic

#284456 #3B6680 #4E87AA #75A4C0 #9FBFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E87AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4E87AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87AA

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87AA	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7786AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.080 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c3',
    500: '#4e87aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87aa;
$custom-light: #86a9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59861,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87AA

secondary

#C0A594

accent

#865BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87AA

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

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