#4E88B2#4E88B2

#4E88B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.089 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88B2
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 178)
HSL	hsl(205, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -6.55, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 28.63, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.042 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.089 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9790, 22.4406, 45.3895)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88B2 #B2784E

analogous

#4EB2AA #4E88B2 #4E56B2

triadic

#4E88B2 #B24E88 #88B24E

tetradic

#4E88B2 #AA4EB2 #B2784E #56B24E

square

#4E88B2 #AA4EB2 #B2784E #56B24E

split-complementary

#4E88B2 #B24E56 #B2AA4E

monochromatic

#29475D #3B6888 #4E88B2 #79A5C5 #A3C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4E88B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#4E88B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88B2

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88B2	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.089 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aac9',
    500: '#4e88b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88b2;
$custom-light: #87aac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.2,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60465,
    "c": 0.08855,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88B2

secondary

#C4AA98

accent

#8A59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88B2

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

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