#4E85B8#4E85B8

#4E85B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.098 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B8
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 184)
HSL	hsl(209, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -2.90, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 32.40, 264.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0366 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.098 248)
XYZ	xyz(20.1780, 21.8537, 48.4929)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B8 #B8814E

analogous

#4EB8B6 #4E85B8 #4E50B8

triadic

#4E85B8 #B84E85 #85B84E

tetradic

#4E85B8 #B64EB8 #B8814E #50B84E

square

#4E85B8 #B64EB8 #B8814E #50B84E

split-complementary

#4E85B8 #B84E50 #B8B64E

monochromatic

#284764 #39668F #4E85B8 #7AA3CA #A5C1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4E85B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4E85B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F87BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.098 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8cd',
    500: '#4e85b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b8;
$custom-light: #88a8cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.868,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60062,
    "c": 0.09776,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.21855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B8

secondary

#C8B09A

accent

#9255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B8

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

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