#4E85BF#4E85BF

#4E85BF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.107 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85BF
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 191)
HSL	hsl(211, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(211, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -0.61, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 35.77, 269.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0344 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.107 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9300, 22.1545, 52.4534)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85BF #BF884E

analogous

#4EBEBF #4E85BF #4F4EBF

triadic

#4E85BF #BF4E85 #85BF4E

tetradic

#4E85BF #BF4EBE #BF884E #4EBF4F

square

#4E85BF #BF4EBE #BF884E #4EBF4F

split-complementary

#4E85BF #BF4F4E #BEBF4E

monochromatic

#27486C #376799 #4E85BF #7BA4CF #A8C3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E85BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4E85BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85BF

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85BF	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D88C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.107 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a8d2',
    500: '#4e85bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85bf;
$custom-light: #89a8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.796,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60418,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85BF

secondary

#CDB59C

accent

#9651D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85BF

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

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