#4EA4B8#4EA4B8

#4EA4B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.087 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4B8
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(191, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -20.03, -18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 27.03, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0715 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.087 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0656, 31.6289, 50.1221)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4B8 #B8624E

analogous

#4EB897 #4EA4B8 #4E6FB8

triadic

#4EA4B8 #B84EA4 #A4B84E

tetradic

#4EA4B8 #974EB8 #B8624E #6FB84E

square

#4EA4B8 #974EB8 #B8624E #6FB84E

split-complementary

#4EA4B8 #B84E6F #B8974E

monochromatic

#285864 #397F8F #4EA4B8 #7ABACA #A5D1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4EA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4EA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4B8

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4B8	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8693B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.087 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfcd',
    500: '#4ea4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4b8;
$custom-light: #89bfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.321,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4B8

secondary

#C8A29A

accent

#6D55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4B8

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

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