#4E85AD#4E85AD

#4E85AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.085 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85AD
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 173)
HSL	hsl(205, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -6.41, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 27.45, 256.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0402 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.085 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0695, 21.4103, 42.6547)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85AD #AD764E

analogous

#4EADA6 #4E85AD #4E56AD

triadic

#4E85AD #AD4E85 #85AD4E

tetradic

#4E85AD #A64EAD #AD764E #56AD4E

square

#4E85AD #A64EAD #AD764E #56AD4E

split-complementary

#4E85AD #AD4E56 #ADA64E

monochromatic

#284459 #3B6583 #4E85AD #77A2C2 #A1BFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E85AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E85AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85AD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85AD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.085 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c5',
    500: '#4e85ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85ad;
$custom-light: #86a8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5953,
    "c": 0.08476,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85AD

secondary

#C2A895

accent

#8B5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85AD

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

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