#4E88B4#4E88B4

#4E88B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.091 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88B4
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 180)
HSL	hsl(206, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, -5.92, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 29.48, 258.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0413 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.091 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1813, 22.5215, 46.4547)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88B4 #B47A4E

analogous

#4EB4AD #4E88B4 #4E55B4

triadic

#4E88B4 #B44E88 #88B44E

tetradic

#4E88B4 #AD4EB4 #B47A4E #55B44E

square

#4E88B4 #AD4EB4 #B47A4E #55B44E

split-complementary

#4E88B4 #B44E55 #B4AD4E

monochromatic

#28485F #3B688A #4E88B4 #79A5C6 #A4C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E88B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#4E88B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88B4

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88B4	1.00	3.81	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.091 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aaca',
    500: '#4e88b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88b4;
$custom-light: #87aaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6056,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88B4

secondary

#C6AC98

accent

#8C57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88B4

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

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