#4EA1C9#4EA1C9

#4EA1C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.100 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA1C9
RGB	rgb(78, 161, 201)
HSL	hsl(200, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 19.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -13.23, -28.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 31.02, 244.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0617 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.1 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4253, 31.3239, 59.9005)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA1C9 #C9764E

analogous

#4EC9B3 #4EA1C9 #4E64C9

triadic

#4EA1C9 #C94EA1 #A1C94E

tetradic

#4EA1C9 #B34EC9 #C9764E #64C94E

square

#4EA1C9 #B34EC9 #C9764E #64C94E

split-complementary

#4EA1C9 #C94E64 #C9B34E

monochromatic

#255D78 #3381A7 #4EA1C9 #7DBAD7 #ACD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#4EA1C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#4EA1C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA1C9

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA1C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA1C9	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea1c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 161, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.100 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcd9',
    500: '#4ea1c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea1c9;
$custom-light: #8bbcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea1c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.512,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67352,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA1C9

secondary

#D3B09F

accent

#7A4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA1C9

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

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