#4E87B4#4E87B4

#4E87B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.091 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87B4
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 180)
HSL	hsl(206, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 25%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -5.34, -29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 29.82, 259.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0401 -0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.091 244)
XYZ	xyz(20.0411, 22.2412, 46.4080)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87B4 #B47B4E

analogous

#4EB4AE #4E87B4 #4E54B4

triadic

#4E87B4 #B44E87 #87B44E

tetradic

#4E87B4 #AE4EB4 #B47B4E #54B44E

square

#4E87B4 #AE4EB4 #B47B4E #54B44E

split-complementary

#4E87B4 #B44E54 #B4AE4E

monochromatic

#28475F #3B678A #4E87B4 #79A4C6 #A4C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E87B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4E87B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87B4

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87B4	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.091 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9ca',
    500: '#4e87b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87b4;
$custom-light: #87a9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60328,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.22243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87B4

secondary

#C6AC98

accent

#8D57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87B4

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

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