#4EA2C9#4EA2C9

#4EA2C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.099 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA2C9
RGB	rgb(78, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -13.78, -27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 30.85, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0628 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.099 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6007, 31.6748, 59.9590)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA2C9 #C9754E

analogous

#4EC9B2 #4EA2C9 #4E65C9

triadic

#4EA2C9 #C94EA2 #A2C94E

tetradic

#4EA2C9 #B24EC9 #C9754E #65C94E

square

#4EA2C9 #B24EC9 #C9754E #65C94E

split-complementary

#4EA2C9 #C94E65 #C9B24E

monochromatic

#255E78 #3382A7 #4EA2C9 #7DBBD7 #ACD3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4EA2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#4EA2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA2C9

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA2C9	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.099 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbdd9',
    500: '#4ea2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea2c9;
$custom-light: #8bbdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.024,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67585,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA2C9

secondary

#D3B09F

accent

#794BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA2C9

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

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