#4E87AC#4E87AC

#4E87AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.083 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87AC
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 172)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 21.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -7.87, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 26.46, 252.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0429 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.083 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2495, 21.9246, 42.2392)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87AC #AC734E

analogous

#4EACA2 #4E87AC #4E58AC

triadic

#4E87AC #AC4E87 #87AC4E

tetradic

#4E87AC #A24EAC #AC734E #58AC4E

square

#4E87AC #A24EAC #AC734E #58AC4E

split-complementary

#4E87AC #AC4E58 #ACA24E

monochromatic

#284558 #3B6682 #4E87AC #76A4C1 #A0C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E87AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4E87AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87AC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87AC	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7686AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B9093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.083 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c4',
    500: '#4e87ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87ac;
$custom-light: #86a9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.617,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59952,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87AC

secondary

#C1A695

accent

#885ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87AC

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

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