#4EA4C9#4EA4C9

#4EA4C9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.099 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4C9
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.66, -14.86, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.66, 30.55, 240.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0649 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.099 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9559, 32.3850, 60.0774)
Luminance	0.3239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4C9 #C9734E

analogous

#4EC9B1 #4EA4C9 #4E66C9

triadic

#4EA4C9 #C94EA4 #A4C94E

tetradic

#4EA4C9 #B14EC9 #C9734E #66C94E

square

#4EA4C9 #B14EC9 #C9734E #66C94E

split-complementary

#4EA4C9 #C94E66 #C9B14E

monochromatic

#255F78 #3384A7 #4EA4C9 #7DBCD7 #ACD4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4EA4C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4EA4C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4C9

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4C9	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.099 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfd9',
    500: '#4ea4c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4c9;
$custom-light: #8bbfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.049,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.09884,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4C9

secondary

#D3AF9F

accent

#774BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4C9

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

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