#4EA3C9#4EA3C9

#4EA3C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.099 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3C9
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, -14.32, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 30.69, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0639 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.099 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7776, 32.0285, 60.0179)
Luminance	0.3203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3C9 #C9744E

analogous

#4EC9B2 #4EA3C9 #4E65C9

triadic

#4EA3C9 #C94EA3 #A3C94E

tetradic

#4EA3C9 #B24EC9 #C9744E #65C94E

square

#4EA3C9 #B24EC9 #C9744E #65C94E

split-complementary

#4EA3C9 #C94E65 #C9B24E

monochromatic

#255E78 #3383A7 #4EA3C9 #7DBBD7 #ACD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4EA3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4EA3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3C9

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3C9	1.00	2.84	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.099 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbed9',
    500: '#4ea3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3c9;
$custom-light: #8bbed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.537,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67819,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3C9

secondary

#D3AF9F

accent

#784BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3C9

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

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