#4E85A0#4E85A0

#4E85A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.071 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A0
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 160)
HSL	hsl(200, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 16.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -10.42, -19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 22.55, 242.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0449 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.071 231)
XYZ	xyz(17.8722, 20.9314, 36.3492)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A0 #A0694E

analogous

#4EA092 #4E85A0 #4E5CA0

triadic

#4E85A0 #A04E85 #85A04E

tetradic

#4E85A0 #924EA0 #A0694E #5CA04E

square

#4E85A0 #924EA0 #A0694E #5CA04E

split-complementary

#4E85A0 #A04E5C #A0924E

monochromatic

#26414E #3A6377 #4E85A0 #71A2BA #9ABDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#4E85A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#4E85A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A0

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A0	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7883A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.071 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8bc',
    500: '#4e85a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a0;
$custom-light: #85a8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.756,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58944,
    "c": 0.07141,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.20933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A0

secondary

#BB9D8F

accent

#815DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A0

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

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