#4E85A5#4E85A5

#4E85A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.076 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A5
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 165)
HSL	hsl(202, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -8.90, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 24.27, 248.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0431 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.076 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3185, 21.1099, 38.6993)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A5 #A56E4E

analogous

#4EA599 #4E85A5 #4E5AA5

triadic

#4E85A5 #A54E85 #85A54E

tetradic

#4E85A5 #994EA5 #A56E4E #5AA54E

square

#4E85A5 #994EA5 #A56E4E #5AA54E

split-complementary

#4E85A5 #A54E5A #A5994E

monochromatic

#274252 #3A647B #4E85A5 #73A2BD #9DBED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E85A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#4E85A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A5

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A5	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.076 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8bf',
    500: '#4e85a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a5;
$custom-light: #86a8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.069,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59164,
    "c": 0.0762,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A5

secondary

#BDA291

accent

#855CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A5

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

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