#4EA1CD#4EA1CD

#4EA1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.103 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA1CD
RGB	rgb(78, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -11.97, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 32.33, 248.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0603 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.103 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9020, 31.5145, 62.4109)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA1CD #CD7A4E

analogous

#4ECDB9 #4EA1CD #4E62CD

triadic

#4EA1CD #CD4EA1 #A1CD4E

tetradic

#4EA1CD #B94ECD #CD7A4E #62CD4E

square

#4EA1CD #B94ECD #CD7A4E #62CD4E

split-complementary

#4EA1CD #CD4E62 #CDB94E

monochromatic

#235E7D #3182AD #4EA1CD #7EBADA #ADD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4EA1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#4EA1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA1CD

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA1CD	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.103 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbcdc',
    500: '#4ea1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea1cd;
$custom-light: #8bbcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.787,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67531,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA1CD

secondary

#D6B3A1

accent

#7D49DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA1CD

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

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