#4E85A1#4E85A1

#4E85A1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.072 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A1
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 161)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 17.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -10.12, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 22.87, 243.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0446 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.072 232)
XYZ	xyz(17.9601, 20.9665, 36.8118)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A1 #A16A4E

analogous

#4EA194 #4E85A1 #4E5CA1

triadic

#4E85A1 #A14E85 #85A14E

tetradic

#4E85A1 #944EA1 #A16A4E #5CA14E

square

#4E85A1 #944EA1 #A16A4E #5CA14E

split-complementary

#4E85A1 #A14E5C #A1944E

monochromatic

#26414F #3A6378 #4E85A1 #72A2BB #9BBDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4E85A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#4E85A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A1

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A1	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#7783A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.072 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8bd',
    500: '#4e85a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a1;
$custom-light: #85a8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.241,
    "s": 34.728,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58987,
    "c": 0.07233,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.20968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A1

secondary

#BB9E90

accent

#825DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A1

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

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