#4E85AE#4E85AE

#4E85AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.086 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85AE
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 174)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -6.09, -27.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 27.88, 257.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0399 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.086 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1666, 21.4491, 43.1663)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85AE #AE774E

analogous

#4EAEA7 #4E85AE #4E55AE

triadic

#4E85AE #AE4E85 #85AE4E

tetradic

#4E85AE #A74EAE #AE774E #55AE4E

square

#4E85AE #A74EAE #AE774E #55AE4E

split-complementary

#4E85AE #AE4E55 #AEA74E

monochromatic

#284459 #3B6584 #4E85AE #77A2C2 #A1BFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E85AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#4E85AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85AE

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85AE	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#078F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.086 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8c6',
    500: '#4e85ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85ae;
$custom-light: #86a8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59577,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85AE

secondary

#C2A996

accent

#8B5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85AE

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

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