#4E85A3#4E85A3

#4E85A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.074 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A3
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 163)
HSL	hsl(201, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -9.51, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 23.56, 246.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0438 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.074 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.1379, 21.0376, 37.7481)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A3 #A36C4E

analogous

#4EA396 #4E85A3 #4E5BA3

triadic

#4E85A3 #A34E85 #85A34E

tetradic

#4E85A3 #964EA3 #A36C4E #5BA34E

square

#4E85A3 #964EA3 #A36C4E #5BA34E

split-complementary

#4E85A3 #A34E5B #A3964E

monochromatic

#264150 #3A637A #4E85A3 #72A2BC #9CBDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E85A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#4E85A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A3

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A3	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7784A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.074 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8be',
    500: '#4e85a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a3;
$custom-light: #85a8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59075,
    "c": 0.07423,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A3

secondary

#BCA091

accent

#845CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A3

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

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