#4E85BC#4E85BC

#4E85BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85BC
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 188)
HSL	hsl(210, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 29.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -1.59, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 34.31, 267.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% -0.0353 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.103 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6032, 22.0238, 50.7325)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85BC #BC854E

analogous

#4EBCBC #4E85BC #4E4EBC

triadic

#4E85BC #BC4E85 #85BC4E

tetradic

#4E85BC #BC4EBC #BC854E #4EBC4E

square

#4E85BC #BC4EBC #BC854E #4EBC4E

split-complementary

#4E85BC #BC4E4E #BCBC4E

monochromatic

#274868 #386695 #4E85BC #7AA4CD #A7C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E85BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E85BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85BC

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85BC	1.00	3.89	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E87BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8d0',
    500: '#4e85bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85bc;
$custom-light: #88a8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60264,
    "c": 0.10273,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85BC

secondary

#CBB39B

accent

#9453D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85BC

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

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