#4E85A9#4E85A9

#4E85A9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.080 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85A9
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 169)
HSL	hsl(204, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 21.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -7.66, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 25.81, 252.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0416 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.08 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6882, 21.2578, 40.6468)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85A9 #A9724E

analogous

#4EA99F #4E85A9 #4E57A9

triadic

#4E85A9 #A94E85 #85A94E

tetradic

#4E85A9 #9F4EA9 #A9724E #57A94E

square

#4E85A9 #9F4EA9 #A9724E #57A94E

split-complementary

#4E85A9 #A94E57 #A99F4E

monochromatic

#274355 #3B647F #4E85A9 #75A2BF #9FBED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E85A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4E85A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85A9

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85A9	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7584AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.080 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c2',
    500: '#4e85a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85a9;
$custom-light: #86a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.736,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59344,
    "c": 0.08035,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85A9

secondary

#BFA593

accent

#885BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85A9

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

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