#4EA4CC#4EA4CC

#4EA4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4CC
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -13.92, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 31.43, 243.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0638 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.101 231)
XYZ	xyz(27.3122, 32.5275, 61.9541)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4CC #CC764E

analogous

#4ECCB5 #4EA4CC #4E65CC

triadic

#4EA4CC #CC4EA4 #A4CC4E

tetradic

#4EA4CC #B54ECC #CC764E #65CC4E

square

#4EA4CC #B54ECC #CC764E #65CC4E

split-complementary

#4EA4CC #CC4E65 #CCB54E

monochromatic

#24607C #3185AB #4EA4CC #7EBCDA #ADD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4EA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#4EA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4CC

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4CC	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfdb',
    500: '#4ea4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4cc;
$custom-light: #8bbfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.3253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4CC

secondary

#D5B1A1

accent

#7949DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4CC

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

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