#4E85A4#4E85A4

#4E85A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.075 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A4
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 164)
HSL	hsl(202, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 18.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -9.20, -22.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 23.91, 247.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0434 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.075 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2278, 21.0736, 38.2218)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A4 #A46D4E

analogous

#4EA498 #4E85A4 #4E5AA4

triadic

#4E85A4 #A44E85 #85A44E

tetradic

#4E85A4 #984EA4 #A46D4E #5AA44E

square

#4E85A4 #984EA4 #A46D4E #5AA44E

split-complementary

#4E85A4 #A44E5A #A4984E

monochromatic

#274251 #3A637B #4E85A4 #73A2BC #9CBDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#4E85A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#4E85A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A4

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A4	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)

#7684A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.075 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a8bf',
    500: '#4e85a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a4;
$custom-light: #85a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.628,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59119,
    "c": 0.0752,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A4

secondary

#BDA191

accent

#845CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A4

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

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