#4E87C9#4E87C9

#4E87C9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.117 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E87C9
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 201)
HSL	hsl(212, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 32.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 1.52, -39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 39.83, 272.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0338 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.117 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3447, 23.1626, 58.5403)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E87C9 #C9904E

analogous

#4EC5C9 #4E87C9 #524EC9

triadic

#4E87C9 #C94E87 #87C94E

tetradic

#4E87C9 #C94EC5 #C9904E #4EC952

square

#4E87C9 #C94EC5 #C9904E #4EC952

split-complementary

#4E87C9 #C9524E #C5C94E

monochromatic

#254B78 #3369A7 #4E87C9 #7DA7D7 #ACC7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E87C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E87C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E87C9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E87C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E87C9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e87c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.117 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa9d9',
    500: '#4e87c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e87c9;
$custom-light: #8aa9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e87c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.195,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61396,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E87C9

secondary

#D3BB9F

accent

#994BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E87C9

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

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