#4EA0B5#4EA0B5

#4EA0B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.085 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA0B5
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 181)
HSL	hsl(192, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -18.82, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 26.36, 224.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0682 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.085 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0499, 30.0952, 48.2487)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA0B5 #B5634E

analogous

#4EB596 #4EA0B5 #4E6CB5

triadic

#4EA0B5 #B54EA0 #A0B54E

tetradic

#4EA0B5 #964EB5 #B5634E #6CB54E

square

#4EA0B5 #964EB5 #B5634E #6CB54E

split-complementary

#4EA0B5 #B54E6C #B5964E

monochromatic

#285560 #3A7B8B #4EA0B5 #79B7C7 #A4CED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#4EA0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#4EA0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA0B5

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA0B5	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.085 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bccb',
    500: '#4ea0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea0b5;
$custom-light: #89bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.233,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66271,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA0B5

secondary

#C6A299

accent

#7057D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA0B5

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

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