#4E85C8#4E85C8

#4E85C8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.118 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85C8
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(213, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 2.37, -40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 40.28, 273.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0319 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.118 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9510, 22.5629, 57.8307)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85C8 #C8914E

analogous

#4EC2C8 #4E85C8 #544EC8

triadic

#4E85C8 #C84E85 #85C84E

tetradic

#4E85C8 #C84EC2 #C8914E #4EC854

square

#4E85C8 #C84EC2 #C8914E #4EC854

split-complementary

#4E85C8 #C8544E #C2C84E

monochromatic

#254A77 #3367A5 #4E85C8 #7DA5D7 #ABC5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4E85C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#4E85C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85C8

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85C8	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6989CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587DC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.118 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa8d9',
    500: '#4e85c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85c8;
$custom-light: #8aa8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.951,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60894,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85C8

secondary

#D3BB9F

accent

#9B4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85C8

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

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