#4E85BE#4E85BE

#4E85BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.105 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85BE
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 190)
HSL	hsl(211, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 30%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -0.94, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 35.28, 268.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0347 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.105 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8203, 22.1106, 51.8758)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85BE #BE874E

analogous

#4EBDBE #4E85BE #4F4EBE

triadic

#4E85BE #BE4E85 #85BE4E

tetradic

#4E85BE #BE4EBD #BE874E #4EBE4F

square

#4E85BE #BE4EBD #BE874E #4EBE4F

split-complementary

#4E85BE #BE4F4E #BDBE4E

monochromatic

#27486A #386797 #4E85BE #7BA4CE #A8C3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E85BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4E85BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85BE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85BE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.105 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8d2',
    500: '#4e85be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85be;
$custom-light: #88a8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.536,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60366,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85BE

secondary

#CCB49C

accent

#9552D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85BE

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

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