#4E87AF#4E87AF

#4E87AF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.086 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87AF
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 175)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 22.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -6.93, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 27.68, 255.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0418 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.086 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5409, 22.0411, 43.7737)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87AF #AF764E

analogous

#4EAFA7 #4E87AF #4E57AF

triadic

#4E87AF #AF4E87 #87AF4E

tetradic

#4E87AF #A74EAF #AF764E #57AF4E

square

#4E87AF #A74EAF #AF764E #57AF4E

split-complementary

#4E87AF #AF4E57 #AFA74E

monochromatic

#28465A #3B6685 #4E87AF #78A4C3 #A2C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E87AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E87AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87AF

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87AF	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7587B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#019194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.086 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9c7',
    500: '#4e87af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87af;
$custom-light: #87a9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.742,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60091,
    "c": 0.0858,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87AF

secondary

#C3A996

accent

#8A5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87AF

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

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