#4E85A7#4E85A7

#4E85A7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.078 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A7
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 167)
HSL	hsl(203, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -8.28, -23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 25.03, 250.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0423 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.078 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5019, 21.1832, 39.6655)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A7 #A7704E

analogous

#4EA79C #4E85A7 #4E58A7

triadic

#4E85A7 #A74E85 #85A74E

tetradic

#4E85A7 #9C4EA7 #A7704E #58A74E

square

#4E85A7 #9C4EA7 #A7704E #58A74E

split-complementary

#4E85A7 #A74E58 #A79C4E

monochromatic

#274354 #3B647D #4E85A7 #74A2BE #9EBED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4E85A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#4E85A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A7

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A7	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#178E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.078 237.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c1',
    500: '#4e85a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a7;
$custom-light: #86a8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.921,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59253,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A7

secondary

#BEA392

accent

#875BCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A7

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

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