#4E85B4#4E85B4

#4E85B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.093 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B4
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 180)
HSL	hsl(208, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 26.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -4.18, -30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 30.54, 262.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0378 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.093 246)
XYZ	xyz(19.7646, 21.6883, 46.3159)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B4 #B47D4E

analogous

#4EB4B0 #4E85B4 #4E52B4

triadic

#4E85B4 #B44E85 #85B44E

tetradic

#4E85B4 #B04EB4 #B47D4E #52B44E

square

#4E85B4 #B04EB4 #B47D4E #52B44E

split-complementary

#4E85B4 #B44E52 #B4B04E

monochromatic

#28465F #3B668A #4E85B4 #79A3C6 #A4C0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E85B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#4E85B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B4	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.093 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8ca',
    500: '#4e85b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b4;
$custom-light: #87a8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.647,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59864,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.2169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B4

secondary

#C6AD98

accent

#8F57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B4

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

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