#4E85B2#4E85B2

#4E85B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.091 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B2
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 178)
HSL	hsl(207, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(207, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -4.82, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 29.63, 260.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0385 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.091 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5624, 21.6074, 45.2506)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B2 #B27B4E

analogous

#4EB2AD #4E85B2 #4E53B2

triadic

#4E85B2 #B24E85 #85B24E

tetradic

#4E85B2 #AD4EB2 #B27B4E #53B24E

square

#4E85B2 #AD4EB2 #B27B4E #53B24E

split-complementary

#4E85B2 #B24E53 #B2AD4E

monochromatic

#29455D #3B6588 #4E85B2 #79A2C5 #A3C0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4E85B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4E85B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B2

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B2	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7286B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.091 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8c9',
    500: '#4e85b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b2;
$custom-light: #87a8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B2

secondary

#C4AC98

accent

#8E59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B2

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

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