#4E85BB#4E85BB

#4E85BB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.101 H 249.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85BB
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 187)
HSL	hsl(210, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(210, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 28.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -1.92, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 33.83, 266.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0356 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.101 249.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4958, 21.9808, 50.1667)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85BB #BB844E

analogous

#4EBBBB #4E85BB #4E4FBB

triadic

#4E85BB #BB4E85 #85BB4E

tetradic

#4E85BB #BB4EBB #BB844E #4FBB4E

square

#4E85BB #BB4EBB #BB844E #4FBB4E

split-complementary

#4E85BB #BB4E4F #BBBB4E

monochromatic

#284867 #396693 #4E85BB #7AA3CC #A6C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E85BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4E85BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85BB

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85BB	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.101 249.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8cf',
    500: '#4e85bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85bb;
$custom-light: #88a8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.725,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60213,
    "c": 0.10147,
    "h": 249.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85BB

secondary

#CAB29B

accent

#9354D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85BB

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

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