#4E85CE#4E85CE

#4E85CE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.126 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E85CE
RGB	rgb(78, 133, 206)
HSL	hsl(214, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(214, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 35.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 4.39, -43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 43.36, 275.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0303 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.126 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6660, 22.8489, 61.5963)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E85CE #CE974E

analogous

#4EC5CE #4E85CE #574ECE

triadic

#4E85CE #CE4E85 #85CE4E

tetradic

#4E85CE #CE4EC5 #CE974E #4ECE57

square

#4E85CE #CE4EC5 #CE974E #4ECE57

split-complementary

#4E85CE #CE574E #C5CE4E

monochromatic

#234A7F #3067AE #4E85CE #7EA6DB #AEC7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4E85CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4E85CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E85CE

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E85CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E85CE	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#668AD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e85ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 133, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.126 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8dd',
    500: '#4e85ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e85ce;
$custom-light: #8ba8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e85ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.219,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61224,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E85CE

secondary

#D7C0A1

accent

#9F48E0

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E85CE

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

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