#4E85BD#4E85BD

#4E85BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85BD
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 189)
HSL	hsl(210, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(210, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 29.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -1.27, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 34.79, 267.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.035 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.104 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7114, 22.0670, 51.3022)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85BD #BD864E

analogous

#4EBDBD #4E85BD #4E4EBD

triadic

#4E85BD #BD4E85 #85BD4E

tetradic

#4E85BD #BD4EBD #BD864E #4EBD4E

square

#4E85BD #BD4EBD #BD864E #4EBD4E

split-complementary

#4E85BD #BD4E4E #BDBD4E

monochromatic

#274869 #386696 #4E85BD #7BA4CE #A7C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E85BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E85BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85BD

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85BD	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	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)

#6D87BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8d1',
    500: '#4e85bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85bd;
$custom-light: #88a8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.27,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60315,
    "c": 0.10399,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85BD

secondary

#CCB49B

accent

#9452D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85BD

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

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