#4EA2CE#4EA2CE

#4EA2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA2CE
RGB	rgb(78, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -12.20, -30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 32.46, 247.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.061 -0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.104 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1985, 31.9139, 63.1072)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA2CE #CE7A4E

analogous

#4ECEBA #4EA2CE #4E62CE

triadic

#4EA2CE #CE4EA2 #A2CE4E

tetradic

#4EA2CE #BA4ECE #CE7A4E #62CE4E

square

#4EA2CE #BA4ECE #CE7A4E #62CE4E

split-complementary

#4EA2CE #CE4E62 #CEBA4E

monochromatic

#235F7F #3083AE #4EA2CE #7EBBDB #AED4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4EA2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#4EA2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA2CE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA2CE	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbddd',
    500: '#4ea2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea2ce;
$custom-light: #8bbddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67809,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA2CE

secondary

#D7B4A1

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA2CE

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

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