#4E88AB#4E88AB

#4E88AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.081 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88AB
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 171)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -8.75, -24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 25.82, 250.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% -0.0444 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.081 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2940, 22.1667, 41.7820)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88AB #AB714E

analogous

#4EABA0 #4E88AB #4E5AAB

triadic

#4E88AB #AB4E88 #88AB4E

tetradic

#4E88AB #A04EAB #AB714E #5AAB4E

square

#4E88AB #A04EAB #AB714E #5AAB4E

split-complementary

#4E88AB #AB4E5A #ABA04E

monochromatic

#284557 #3B6781 #4E88AB #76A4C0 #A0C0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4E88AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4E88AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88AB

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88AB	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7887AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.081 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aac4',
    500: '#4e88ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88ab;
$custom-light: #86aac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.581,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60142,
    "c": 0.08102,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88AB

secondary

#C1A594

accent

#865ACD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88AB

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

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