#4E85A8#4E85A8

#4E85A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.079 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A8
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 168)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -7.97, -24.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 25.41, 251.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.042 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.079 238)
XYZ	xyz(18.5947, 21.2204, 40.1542)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A8 #A8714E

analogous

#4EA89E #4E85A8 #4E58A8

triadic

#4E85A8 #A84E85 #85A84E

tetradic

#4E85A8 #9E4EA8 #A8714E #58A84E

square

#4E85A8 #9E4EA8 #A8714E #58A84E

split-complementary

#4E85A8 #A84E58 #A89E4E

monochromatic

#274354 #3B647E #4E85A8 #75A2BF #9EBED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E85A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#4E85A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A8

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A8	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	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)

#7584AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.079 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c2',
    500: '#4e85a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a8;
$custom-light: #86a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59299,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.21222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A8

secondary

#BFA493

accent

#875BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A8

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

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