#4E88AE#4E88AE

#4E88AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.084 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88AE
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 174)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 21.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -7.81, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 26.99, 253.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0434 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.084 239)
XYZ	xyz(19.5832, 22.2823, 43.3051)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88AE #AE744E

analogous

#4EAEA4 #4E88AE #4E58AE

triadic

#4E88AE #AE4E88 #88AE4E

tetradic

#4E88AE #A44EAE #AE744E #58AE4E

square

#4E88AE #A44EAE #AE744E #58AE4E

split-complementary

#4E88AE #AE4E58 #AEA44E

monochromatic

#284659 #3B6784 #4E88AE #77A4C2 #A1C1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E88AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4E88AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88AE

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88AE	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#049295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.084 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aac6',
    500: '#4e88ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88ae;
$custom-light: #87aac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.75,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60279,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.22284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88AE

secondary

#C2A796

accent

#885ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88AE

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

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