#4B85BD#4B85BD

#4B85BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.105 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B85BD
RGB	rgb(75, 133, 189)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 29.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -1.87, -34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 35.03, 266.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0374 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.105 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4711, 21.9432, 51.2909)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B85BD #BD834B

analogous

#4BBDBC #4B85BD #4B4CBD

triadic

#4B85BD #BD4B85 #85BD4B

tetradic

#4B85BD #BC4BBD #BD834B #4CBD4B

square

#4B85BD #BC4BBD #BD834B #4CBD4B

split-complementary

#4B85BD #BD4B4C #BDBC4B

monochromatic

#264768 #366694 #4B85BD #78A3CD #A5C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4B85BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4B85BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B85BD

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B85BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B85BD	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b85bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 133, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.105 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8d1',
    500: '#4b85bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b85bd;
$custom-light: #87a8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b85bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.474,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60175,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B85BD

secondary

#CBB199

accent

#9352D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B85BD

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

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