#4EA0C9#4EA0C9

#4EA0C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA0C9
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -12.69, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 31.20, 246.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0606 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.1 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2512, 30.9758, 59.8425)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA0C9 #C9774E

analogous

#4EC9B5 #4EA0C9 #4E63C9

triadic

#4EA0C9 #C94EA0 #A0C94E

tetradic

#4EA0C9 #B54EC9 #C9774E #63C94E

square

#4EA0C9 #B54EC9 #C9774E #63C94E

split-complementary

#4EA0C9 #C94E63 #C9B54E

monochromatic

#255C78 #3380A7 #4EA0C9 #7DB9D7 #ACD2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#4EA0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#4EA0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA0C9

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA0C9	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd9',
    500: '#4ea0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea0c9;
$custom-light: #8bbcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67119,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA0C9

secondary

#D3B19F

accent

#7C4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA0C9

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

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