#4E85AB#4E85AB

#4E85AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.083 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85AB
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 171)
HSL	hsl(205, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -7.04, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 26.62, 254.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0409 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.083 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8774, 21.3334, 41.6432)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85AB #AB744E

analogous

#4EABA3 #4E85AB #4E57AB

triadic

#4E85AB #AB4E85 #85AB4E

tetradic

#4E85AB #A34EAB #AB744E #57AB4E

square

#4E85AB #A34EAB #AB744E #57AB4E

split-complementary

#4E85AB #AB4E57 #ABA34E

monochromatic

#284457 #3B6481 #4E85AB #76A2C0 #A0BED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E85AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#4E85AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85AB

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85AB	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7485AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.083 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c4',
    500: '#4e85ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85ab;
$custom-light: #86a8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.516,
    "s": 37.349,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85AB

secondary

#C1A694

accent

#895ACD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85AB

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

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