#4EA3C2#4EA3C2

#4EA3C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.094 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3C2
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 16%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -16.48, -23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 28.83, 235.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0665 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.094 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9729, 31.7066, 55.7797)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3C2 #C26D4E

analogous

#4EC2A7 #4EA3C2 #4E69C2

triadic

#4EA3C2 #C24EA3 #A3C24E

tetradic

#4EA3C2 #A74EC2 #C26D4E #69C24E

square

#4EA3C2 #A74EC2 #C26D4E #69C24E

split-complementary

#4EA3C2 #C24E69 #C2A74E

monochromatic

#265C6F #36819D #4EA3C2 #7CBBD2 #A9D2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4EA3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#4EA3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3C2

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3C2	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)

#92A0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.094 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abed4',
    500: '#4ea3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3c2;
$custom-light: #8abed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.09357,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3C2

secondary

#CFAA9D

accent

#7450D8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3C2

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

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