#4E85CD#4E85CD

#4E85CD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.125 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85CD
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 35.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 4.05, -42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 42.85, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0306 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.125 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5449, 22.8004, 60.9586)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85CD #CD964E

analogous

#4EC4CD #4E85CD #564ECD

triadic

#4E85CD #CD4E85 #85CD4E

tetradic

#4E85CD #CD4EC4 #CD964E #4ECD56

square

#4E85CD #CD4EC4 #CD964E #4ECD56

split-complementary

#4E85CD #CD564E #C4CD4E

monochromatic

#234A7D #3167AD #4E85CD #7EA6DA #ADC7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4E85CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4E85CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85CD

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85CD	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668AD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.125 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8dc',
    500: '#4e85cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85cd;
$custom-light: #8ba8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.016,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61168,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85CD

secondary

#D6BFA1

accent

#9E49DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85CD

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

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