#4E87AD#4E87AD

#4E87AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.084 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87AD
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 173)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 22%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -7.55, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 26.86, 253.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0425 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.084 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3459, 21.9631, 42.7469)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87AD #AD744E

analogous

#4EADA4 #4E87AD #4E58AD

triadic

#4E87AD #AD4E87 #87AD4E

tetradic

#4E87AD #A44EAD #AD744E #58AD4E

square

#4E87AD #A44EAD #AD744E #58AD4E

split-complementary

#4E87AD #AD4E58 #ADA44E

monochromatic

#284559 #3B6683 #4E87AD #77A4C2 #A1C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E87AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4E87AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87AD

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87AD	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#7687AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.084 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9c5',
    500: '#4e87ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87ad;
$custom-light: #86a9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59998,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87AD

secondary

#C2A795

accent

#885ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87AD

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

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