#4E85B5#4E85B5

#4E85B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.094 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B5
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 181)
HSL	hsl(208, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 26.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -3.86, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 31.00, 262.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0375 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.094 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8669, 21.7292, 46.8543)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B5 #B57E4E

analogous

#4EB5B1 #4E85B5 #4E51B5

triadic

#4E85B5 #B54E85 #85B54E

tetradic

#4E85B5 #B14EB5 #B57E4E #51B54E

square

#4E85B5 #B14EB5 #B57E4E #51B54E

split-complementary

#4E85B5 #B54E51 #B5B14E

monochromatic

#284660 #3A668B #4E85B5 #79A3C7 #A4C0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4E85B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E85B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7186B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.094 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8cb',
    500: '#4e85b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b5;
$custom-light: #87a8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.961,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59913,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B5

secondary

#C6AE99

accent

#9057D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B5

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

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