#4E85A6#4E85A6

#4E85A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.077 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A6
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 166)
HSL	hsl(203, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 19.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -8.59, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 24.65, 249.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0427 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.077 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4098, 21.1464, 39.1805)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A6 #A66F4E

analogous

#4EA69B #4E85A6 #4E59A6

triadic

#4E85A6 #A64E85 #85A64E

tetradic

#4E85A6 #9B4EA6 #A66F4E #59A64E

square

#4E85A6 #9B4EA6 #A66F4E #59A64E

split-complementary

#4E85A6 #A64E59 #A69B4E

monochromatic

#274253 #3A647C #4E85A6 #74A2BE #9DBED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#4E85A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4E85A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A6

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A6	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7684A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.077 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c0',
    500: '#4e85a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a6;
$custom-light: #86a8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59208,
    "c": 0.07721,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A6

secondary

#BEA292

accent

#865CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A6

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

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