#4E87BC#4E87BC

#4E87BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.101 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87BC
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 188)
HSL	hsl(209, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 28.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -2.76, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 33.48, 265.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0376 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.101 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8797, 22.5766, 50.8246)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87BC #BC834E

analogous

#4EBCBA #4E87BC #4E50BC

triadic

#4E87BC #BC4E87 #87BC4E

tetradic

#4E87BC #BA4EBC #BC834E #50BC4E

square

#4E87BC #BA4EBC #BC834E #50BC4E

split-complementary

#4E87BC #BC4E50 #BCBA4E

monochromatic

#274968 #386895 #4E87BC #7AA5CD #A7C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E87BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E87BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87BC

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87BC	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7189BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.101 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9d0',
    500: '#4e87bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87bc;
$custom-light: #88a9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60721,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87BC

secondary

#CBB29B

accent

#9253D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87BC

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

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