#4E87AE#4E87AE

#4E87AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.085 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87AE
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 174)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 22.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -7.24, -26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 27.27, 254.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0422 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.085 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4430, 22.0020, 43.2584)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87AE #AE754E

analogous

#4EAEA5 #4E87AE #4E57AE

triadic

#4E87AE #AE4E87 #87AE4E

tetradic

#4E87AE #A54EAE #AE754E #57AE4E

square

#4E87AE #A54EAE #AE754E #57AE4E

split-complementary

#4E87AE #AE4E57 #AEA54E

monochromatic

#284559 #3B6684 #4E87AE #77A4C2 #A1C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E87AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4E87AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87AE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87AE	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7687B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#059194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.085 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9c6',
    500: '#4e87ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87ae;
$custom-light: #87a9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.375,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60044,
    "c": 0.0847,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87AE

secondary

#C2A896

accent

#895ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87AE

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

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