#4E85B9#4E85B9

#4E85B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.099 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85B9
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 185)
HSL	hsl(209, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 28.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -2.57, -32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 32.87, 265.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0362 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.099 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2832, 21.8958, 49.0469)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85B9 #B9824E

analogous

#4EB9B8 #4E85B9 #4E50B9

triadic

#4E85B9 #B94E85 #85B94E

tetradic

#4E85B9 #B84EB9 #B9824E #50B94E

square

#4E85B9 #B84EB9 #B9824E #50B94E

split-complementary

#4E85B9 #B94E50 #B9B84E

monochromatic

#284765 #396691 #4E85B9 #7AA3CA #A6C1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E85B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4E85B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85B9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85B9	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F87BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.099 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8ce',
    500: '#4e85b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85b9;
$custom-light: #88a8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.159,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60112,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85B9

secondary

#C9B19A

accent

#9255D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85B9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →