#4E85AA#4E85AA

#4E85AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.081 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85AA
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 170)
HSL	hsl(204, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -7.35, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 26.21, 253.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0413 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.081 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7825, 21.2955, 41.1431)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85AA #AA734E

analogous

#4EAAA1 #4E85AA #4E57AA

triadic

#4E85AA #AA4E85 #85AA4E

tetradic

#4E85AA #A14EAA #AA734E #57AA4E

square

#4E85AA #A14EAA #AA734E #57AA4E

split-complementary

#4E85AA #AA4E57 #AAA14E

monochromatic

#284356 #3B6480 #4E85AA #75A2C0 #9FBED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E85AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E85AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85AA

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85AA	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7485AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#118E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.081 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c3',
    500: '#4e85aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85aa;
$custom-light: #86a8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.13,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5939,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85AA

secondary

#C0A694

accent

#895BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85AA

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

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