#4E85A2#4E85A2

#4E85A2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.073 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A2
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 162)
HSL	hsl(201, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 17.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -9.81, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 23.21, 244.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0442 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.073 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0486, 21.0019, 37.2781)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A2 #A26B4E

analogous

#4EA295 #4E85A2 #4E5BA2

triadic

#4E85A2 #A24E85 #85A24E

tetradic

#4E85A2 #954EA2 #A26B4E #5BA24E

square

#4E85A2 #954EA2 #A26B4E #5BA24E

split-complementary

#4E85A2 #A24E5B #A2954E

monochromatic

#26414F #3A6379 #4E85A2 #72A2BB #9BBDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4E85A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#4E85A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A2

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A2	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7784A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.073 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8bd',
    500: '#4e85a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a2;
$custom-light: #85a8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.714,
    "s": 35,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59031,
    "c": 0.07327,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A2

secondary

#BC9F90

accent

#835DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A2

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

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