#4EA1C8#4EA1C8

#4EA1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.099 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA1C8
RGB	rgb(78, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -13.55, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 30.70, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0621 -0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.099 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3080, 31.2770, 59.2830)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA1C8 #C8754E

analogous

#4EC8B2 #4EA1C8 #4E64C8

triadic

#4EA1C8 #C84EA1 #A1C84E

tetradic

#4EA1C8 #B24EC8 #C8754E #64C84E

square

#4EA1C8 #B24EC8 #C8754E #64C84E

split-complementary

#4EA1C8 #C84E64 #C8B24E

monochromatic

#255D77 #3381A5 #4EA1C8 #7DBAD7 #ABD3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#4EA1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#4EA1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA1C8

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA1C8	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.099 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd8',
    500: '#4ea1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea1c8;
$custom-light: #8bbcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67307,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA1C8

secondary

#D3B09F

accent

#7A4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA1C8

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

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