#4E85B6#4E85B6

#4E85B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.095 H 247.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B6
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 182)
HSL	hsl(208, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(208, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 26.9%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -3.54, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 31.46, 263.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0372 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.095 247)
XYZ	xyz(19.9699, 21.7704, 47.3966)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B6 #B67F4E

analogous

#4EB6B3 #4E85B6 #4E51B6

triadic

#4E85B6 #B64E85 #85B64E

tetradic

#4E85B6 #B34EB6 #B67F4E #51B64E

square

#4E85B6 #B34EB6 #B67F4E #51B64E

split-complementary

#4E85B6 #B64E51 #B6B34E

monochromatic

#284661 #3A668D #4E85B6 #79A3C8 #A5C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4E85B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4E85B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B6

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B6	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#7086B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.095 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a8cc',
    500: '#4e85b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b6;
$custom-light: #87a8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.269,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59963,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B6

secondary

#C7AF99

accent

#9056D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B6

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

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