#4EA4C8#4EA4C8

#4EA4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4C8
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -15.17, -26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 30.27, 239.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.0653 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.098 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8386, 32.3381, 59.4599)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4C8 #C8724E

analogous

#4EC8AF #4EA4C8 #4E67C8

triadic

#4EA4C8 #C84EA4 #A4C84E

tetradic

#4EA4C8 #AF4EC8 #C8724E #67C84E

square

#4EA4C8 #AF4EC8 #C8724E #67C84E

split-complementary

#4EA4C8 #C84E67 #C8AF4E

monochromatic

#255F77 #3384A5 #4EA4C8 #7DBCD7 #ABD4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4EA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4EA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4C8

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4C8	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd8',
    500: '#4ea4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4c8;
$custom-light: #8bbfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4C8

secondary

#D3AE9F

accent

#764CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4C8

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

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