#4EA4C2#4EA4C2

#4EA4C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.093 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4C2
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -17.02, -23.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 28.77, 233.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0675 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.093 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1511, 32.0631, 55.8391)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4C2 #C26C4E

analogous

#4EC2A6 #4EA4C2 #4E6AC2

triadic

#4EA4C2 #C24EA4 #A4C24E

tetradic

#4EA4C2 #A64EC2 #C26C4E #6AC24E

square

#4EA4C2 #A64EC2 #C26C4E #6AC24E

split-complementary

#4EA4C2 #C24E6A #C2A64E

monochromatic

#265C6F #36829D #4EA4C2 #7CBBD2 #A9D3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4EA4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4EA4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4C2

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4C2	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	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)

#93A1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8294C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.093 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfd4',
    500: '#4ea4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4c2;
$custom-light: #8abfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67754,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4C2

secondary

#CFAA9D

accent

#7350D8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4C2

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

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