#4E88BE#4E88BE

#4E88BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.103 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E88BE
RGB	rgb(78, 136, 190)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -2.69, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 34.01, 265.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0381 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.103 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2369, 22.9438, 52.0147)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E88BE #BE844E

analogous

#4EBEBC #4E88BE #4E50BE

triadic

#4E88BE #BE4E88 #88BE4E

tetradic

#4E88BE #BC4EBE #BE844E #50BE4E

square

#4E88BE #BC4EBE #BE844E #50BE4E

split-complementary

#4E88BE #BE4E50 #BEBC4E

monochromatic

#274A6A #386997 #4E88BE #7BA6CE #A8C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4E88BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4E88BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E88BE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E88BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E88BE	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e88be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 136, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.103 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aad2',
    500: '#4e88be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e88be;
$custom-light: #88aad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e88be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.929,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6105,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E88BE

secondary

#CCB39C

accent

#9252D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E88BE

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

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