#4E88AD#4E88AD

#4E88AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.083 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88AD
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 173)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 21.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, -8.12, -25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 26.59, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0437 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.083 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4861, 22.2435, 42.7936)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88AD #AD734E

analogous

#4EADA3 #4E88AD #4E59AD

triadic

#4E88AD #AD4E88 #88AD4E

tetradic

#4E88AD #A34EAD #AD734E #59AD4E

square

#4E88AD #A34EAD #AD734E #59AD4E

split-complementary

#4E88AD #AD4E59 #ADA34E

monochromatic

#284659 #3B6783 #4E88AD #77A4C2 #A1C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E88AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4E88AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88AD

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88AD	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7787AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#079194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.083 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aac5',
    500: '#4e88ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88ad;
$custom-light: #86aac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.368,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60233,
    "c": 0.0831,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88AD

secondary

#C2A795

accent

#875ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88AD

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

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