#4E85C9#4E85C9

#4E85C9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.119 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85C9
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 201)
HSL	hsl(213, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(213, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 2.71, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 40.79, 273.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0316 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.119 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0682, 22.6098, 58.4482)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85C9 #C9924E

analogous

#4EC2C9 #4E85C9 #554EC9

triadic

#4E85C9 #C94E85 #85C94E

tetradic

#4E85C9 #C94EC2 #C9924E #4EC955

square

#4E85C9 #C94EC2 #C9924E #4EC955

split-complementary

#4E85C9 #C9554E #C2C94E

monochromatic

#254A78 #3367A7 #4E85C9 #7DA5D7 #ACC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4E85C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4E85C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85C9

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85C9	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.119 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa8da',
    500: '#4e85c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85c9;
$custom-light: #8aa8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.171,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60949,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85C9

secondary

#D3BC9F

accent

#9C4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85C9

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

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