#4EA2C8#4EA2C8

#4EA2C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.099 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA2C8
RGB	rgb(78, 162, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -14.09, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 30.54, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0631 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.099 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4835, 31.6279, 59.3415)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA2C8 #C8744E

analogous

#4EC8B1 #4EA2C8 #4E65C8

triadic

#4EA2C8 #C84EA2 #A2C84E

tetradic

#4EA2C8 #B14EC8 #C8744E #65C84E

square

#4EA2C8 #B14EC8 #C8744E #65C84E

split-complementary

#4EA2C8 #C84E65 #C8B14E

monochromatic

#255D77 #3382A5 #4EA2C8 #7DBBD7 #ABD3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4EA2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4EA2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA2C8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA2C8	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 162, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.099 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdd8',
    500: '#4ea2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea2c8;
$custom-light: #8bbdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.689,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67541,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA2C8

secondary

#D3AF9F

accent

#794CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA2C8

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

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