#4EA4CB#4EA4CB

#4EA4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4CB
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -14.23, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 31.13, 242.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0642 -0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.101 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1926, 32.4797, 61.3245)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4CB #CB754E

analogous

#4ECBB3 #4EA4CB #4E65CB

triadic

#4EA4CB #CB4EA4 #A4CB4E

tetradic

#4EA4CB #B34ECB #CB754E #65CB4E

square

#4EA4CB #B34ECB #CB754E #65CB4E

split-complementary

#4EA4CB #CB4E65 #CBB34E

monochromatic

#24607B #3284AA #4EA4CB #7DBCD9 #ADD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4EA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#4EA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4CB

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4CB	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdb',
    500: '#4ea4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4cb;
$custom-light: #8bbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.72,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6814,
    "c": 0.10054,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4CB

secondary

#D5B1A0

accent

#784ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4CB

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

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