#4EA0CD#4EA0CD

#4EA0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.104 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA0CD
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -11.42, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 32.55, 249.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0592 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.104 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7279, 31.1664, 62.3529)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA0CD #CD7B4E

analogous

#4ECDBA #4EA0CD #4E60CD

triadic

#4EA0CD #CD4EA0 #A0CD4E

tetradic

#4EA0CD #BA4ECD #CD7B4E #60CD4E

square

#4EA0CD #BA4ECD #CD7B4E #60CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA0CD #CD4E60 #CDBA4E

monochromatic

#235D7D #3181AD #4EA0CD #7EBADA #ADD3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4EA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#4EA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA0CD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA0CD	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.104 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcdc',
    500: '#4ea0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea0cd;
$custom-light: #8bbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.26,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.673,
    "c": 0.10391,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA0CD

secondary

#D6B4A1

accent

#7E49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA0CD

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

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