#4EA1BC#4EA1BC

#4EA1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.090 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA1BC
RGB	rgb(78, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -17.25, -21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 27.60, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0666 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.09 222)
XYZ	xyz(24.9603, 30.7379, 52.1848)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA1BC #BC694E

analogous

#4EBCA0 #4EA1BC #4E6ABC

triadic

#4EA1BC #BC4EA1 #A1BC4E

tetradic

#4EA1BC #A04EBC #BC694E #6ABC4E

square

#4EA1BC #A04EBC #BC694E #6ABC4E

split-complementary

#4EA1BC #BC4E6A #BCA04E

monochromatic

#275868 #387E95 #4EA1BC #7AB9CD #A7D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4EA1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#4EA1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA1BC

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA1BC	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.090 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bdd0',
    500: '#4ea1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea1bc;
$custom-light: #89bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66794,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.3074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA1BC

secondary

#CBA79B

accent

#7353D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA1BC

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

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