#4E85B0#4E85B0

#4E85B0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.088 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B0
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 176)
HSL	hsl(206, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(206, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 24.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -5.46, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 28.75, 259.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0392 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.088 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3630, 21.5277, 44.2007)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B0 #B0794E

analogous

#4EB0AA #4E85B0 #4E54B0

triadic

#4E85B0 #B04E85 #85B04E

tetradic

#4E85B0 #AA4EB0 #B0794E #54B04E

square

#4E85B0 #AA4EB0 #B0794E #54B04E

split-complementary

#4E85B0 #B04E54 #B0AA4E

monochromatic

#28455B #3B6586 #4E85B0 #78A2C3 #A2BFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4E85B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4E85B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B0

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B0	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7285B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.088 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8c7',
    500: '#4e85b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b0;
$custom-light: #87a8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.327,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59671,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B0

secondary

#C3AA97

accent

#8D59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B0

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

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