#4E87BD#4E87BD

#4E87BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.102 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87BD
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 189)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 28.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -2.44, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 33.95, 265.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.77% -0.0373 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.77% 0.102 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9878, 22.6199, 51.3943)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87BD #BD844E

analogous

#4EBDBB #4E87BD #4E50BD

triadic

#4E87BD #BD4E87 #87BD4E

tetradic

#4E87BD #BB4EBD #BD844E #50BD4E

square

#4E87BD #BB4EBD #BD844E #50BD4E

split-complementary

#4E87BD #BD4E50 #BDBB4E

monochromatic

#274969 #386896 #4E87BD #7BA5CE #A7C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4E87BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E87BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87BD

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87BD	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7089BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.102 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9d1',
    500: '#4e87bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87bd;
$custom-light: #88a9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.189,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60771,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87BD

secondary

#CCB39B

accent

#9252D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87BD

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

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