#4E87B0#4E87B0

#4E87B0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.087 H 241.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87B0
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 176)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -6.61, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 28.10, 256.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0415 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.087 241.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6395, 22.0805, 44.2929)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87B0 #B0774E

analogous

#4EB0A8 #4E87B0 #4E56B0

triadic

#4E87B0 #B04E87 #87B04E

tetradic

#4E87B0 #A84EB0 #B0774E #56B04E

square

#4E87B0 #A84EB0 #B0774E #56B04E

split-complementary

#4E87B0 #B04E56 #B0A84E

monochromatic

#28465B #3B6686 #4E87B0 #78A4C3 #A2C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E87B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4E87B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87B0

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87B0	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7587B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.087 241.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9c7',
    500: '#4e87b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87b0;
$custom-light: #87a9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.102,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60138,
    "c": 0.08691,
    "h": 241.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87B0

secondary

#C3A997

accent

#8A59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87B0

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

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