#4EA3C8#4EA3C8

#4EA3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3C8
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -14.63, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 30.40, 241.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0642 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.098 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6603, 31.9816, 59.4004)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3C8 #C8734E

analogous

#4EC8B0 #4EA3C8 #4E66C8

triadic

#4EA3C8 #C84EA3 #A3C84E

tetradic

#4EA3C8 #B04EC8 #C8734E #66C84E

square

#4EA3C8 #B04EC8 #C8734E #66C84E

split-complementary

#4EA3C8 #C84E66 #C8B04E

monochromatic

#255E77 #3383A5 #4EA3C8 #7DBBD7 #ABD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4EA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#4EA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3C8

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3C8	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbed8',
    500: '#4ea3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3c8;
$custom-light: #8bbed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.197,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67775,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3C8

secondary

#D3AF9F

accent

#784CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3C8

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

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