#4E85CC#4E85CC

#4E85CC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.123 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85CC
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 204)
HSL	hsl(214, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 34.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 3.71, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 42.33, 275.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.0308 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.123 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4246, 22.7523, 60.3249)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85CC #CC954E

analogous

#4EC4CC #4E85CC #564ECC

triadic

#4E85CC #CC4E85 #85CC4E

tetradic

#4E85CC #CC4EC4 #CC954E #4ECC56

square

#4E85CC #CC4EC4 #CC954E #4ECC56

split-complementary

#4E85CC #CC564E #C4CC4E

monochromatic

#244A7C #3167AB #4E85CC #7EA6DA #ADC6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E85CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4E85CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85CC

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85CC	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.123 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa8dc',
    500: '#4e85cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85cc;
$custom-light: #8aa8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.81,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61113,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85CC

secondary

#D5BEA1

accent

#9D49DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85CC

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

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