#4E87B2#4E87B2

#4E87B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.089 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87B2
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 178)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -5.98, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 28.95, 258.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0408 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.089 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8388, 22.1603, 45.3427)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87B2 #B2794E

analogous

#4EB2AB #4E87B2 #4E55B2

triadic

#4E87B2 #B24E87 #87B24E

tetradic

#4E87B2 #AB4EB2 #B2794E #55B24E

square

#4E87B2 #AB4EB2 #B2794E #55B24E

split-complementary

#4E87B2 #B24E55 #B2AB4E

monochromatic

#29465D #3B6788 #4E87B2 #79A4C5 #A3C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E87B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4E87B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87B2

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87B2	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7487B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.089 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9c9',
    500: '#4e87b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87b2;
$custom-light: #87a9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.8,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60232,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87B2

secondary

#C4AB98

accent

#8C59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87B2

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

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