#4E85B3#4E85B3

#4E85B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.092 H 245.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B3
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 179)
HSL	hsl(207, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(207, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 25.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -4.50, -29.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 30.08, 261.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0382 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.092 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6631, 21.6477, 45.7813)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B3 #B37C4E

analogous

#4EB3AF #4E85B3 #4E52B3

triadic

#4E85B3 #B34E85 #85B34E

tetradic

#4E85B3 #AF4EB3 #B37C4E #52B34E

square

#4E85B3 #AF4EB3 #B37C4E #52B34E

split-complementary

#4E85B3 #B34E52 #B3AF4E

monochromatic

#28465E #3B6589 #4E85B3 #79A3C5 #A4C0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#4E85B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#4E85B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B3

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B3	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.092 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8ca',
    500: '#4e85b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b3;
$custom-light: #87a8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.327,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59816,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B3

secondary

#C5AC98

accent

#8F58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B3

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

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