#4E85AF#4E85AF

#4E85AF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.087 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85AF
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 175)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 24%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -5.78, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 28.31, 258.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0395 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.087 243)
XYZ	xyz(19.2645, 21.4883, 43.6816)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85AF #AF784E

analogous

#4EAFA9 #4E85AF #4E55AF

triadic

#4E85AF #AF4E85 #85AF4E

tetradic

#4E85AF #A94EAF #AF784E #55AF4E

square

#4E85AF #A94EAF #AF784E #55AF4E

split-complementary

#4E85AF #AF4E55 #AFA94E

monochromatic

#28455A #3B6585 #4E85AF #78A2C3 #A2BFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E85AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4E85AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85AF

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85AF	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#038F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.087 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8c7',
    500: '#4e85af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85af;
$custom-light: #87a8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.979,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59624,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.2149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85AF

secondary

#C3A996

accent

#8C5ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85AF

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

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