#4EA0CC#4EA0CC

#4EA0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.103 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA0CC
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, -11.74, -29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 32.21, 248.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0596 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.103 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6076, 31.1183, 61.7192)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA0CC #CC7A4E

analogous

#4ECCB9 #4EA0CC #4E61CC

triadic

#4EA0CC #CC4EA0 #A0CC4E

tetradic

#4EA0CC #B94ECC #CC7A4E #61CC4E

square

#4EA0CC #B94ECC #CC7A4E #61CC4E

split-complementary

#4EA0CC #CC4E61 #CCB94E

monochromatic

#245D7C #3181AB #4EA0CC #7EBADA #ADD3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4EA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#4EA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA0CC

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA0CC	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.103 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcdb',
    500: '#4ea0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea0cc;
$custom-light: #8bbcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67254,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA0CC

secondary

#D5B3A1

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA0CC

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

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