#4EA1C4#4EA1C4

#4EA1C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.095 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA1C4
RGB	rgb(78, 161, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, -14.80, -25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 29.53, 239.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0635 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.095 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8467, 31.0924, 56.8532)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA1C4 #C4714E

analogous

#4EC4AC #4EA1C4 #4E66C4

triadic

#4EA1C4 #C44EA1 #A1C44E

tetradic

#4EA1C4 #AC4EC4 #C4714E #66C44E

square

#4EA1C4 #AC4EC4 #C4714E #66C44E

split-complementary

#4EA1C4 #C44E66 #C4AC4E

monochromatic

#265B72 #3580A0 #4EA1C4 #7CB9D3 #AAD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4EA1C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#4EA1C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA1C4

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA1C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA1C4	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)

#8F9EC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E92C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea1c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 161, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.095 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abcd6',
    500: '#4ea1c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea1c4;
$custom-light: #8abcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea1c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67132,
    "c": 0.09549,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA1C4

secondary

#D0AD9E

accent

#784EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA1C4

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

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