#4E87BE#4E87BE

#4E87BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.104 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87BE
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 190)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -2.11, -34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 34.43, 266.49°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.0369 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.104 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0968, 22.6635, 51.9679)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87BE #BE854E

analogous

#4EBEBD #4E87BE #4E4FBE

triadic

#4E87BE #BE4E87 #87BE4E

tetradic

#4E87BE #BD4EBE #BE854E #4FBE4E

square

#4E87BE #BD4EBE #BE854E #4FBE4E

split-complementary

#4E87BE #BE4E4F #BEBD4E

monochromatic

#27496A #386897 #4E87BE #7BA5CE #A8C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4E87BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#4E87BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87BE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87BE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7089C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.104 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9d2',
    500: '#4e87be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87be;
$custom-light: #88a9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.464,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60822,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87BE

secondary

#CCB39C

accent

#9352D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87BE

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

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