#4E87B9#4E87B9

#4E87B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.097 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87B9
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 185)
HSL	hsl(208, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 27%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -3.73, -31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 32.08, 263.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0385 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.097 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5596, 22.4486, 49.1391)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87B9 #B9804E

analogous

#4EB9B6 #4E87B9 #4E52B9

triadic

#4E87B9 #B94E87 #87B94E

tetradic

#4E87B9 #B64EB9 #B9804E #52B94E

square

#4E87B9 #B64EB9 #B9804E #52B94E

split-complementary

#4E87B9 #B94E52 #B9B64E

monochromatic

#284865 #396891 #4E87B9 #7AA5CA #A6C2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4E87B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#4E87B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87B9

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87B9	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7288BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.097 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9ce',
    500: '#4e87b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87b9;
$custom-light: #88a9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.037,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60571,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87B9

secondary

#C9B09A

accent

#9055D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87B9

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

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